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Ringo Chiu AKA "The Machine," is a 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Photography and 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Breaking News Photography. He becomes the first Chinese-born photojournalist to win the Pulitzer Prize in photography.
Wildfires and protests have always been some of Chiu's favorite news events to cover, as he greatly enjoys capturing the dramatic moments showing firefighters battling a fire, and the pure emotion and expression of a protest that tells the story behind each and every event.
Chiu was born in China and raised in Hong Kong, where he graduated from Chu Hai College of Higher Education with a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication. He also received his 2nd B.A. in Special Major with an emphasis in Photojournalism during his time at California State University of Northridge (CSUN).
During his time in Asia, he worked for Hong Kong Express and Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily and Evening Post on several assignments: the Eastern China flooding, the Sino-British meetings in Beijing, the amnesty for Chinese illegal immigrants in Macau, and the Hong Kong Handover.
Chiu currently lives in Los Angeles and works as a freelance photographer for Associated Press (AP), Los Angeles Times, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Reuters, European Preeephoto Agency (EPA), Getty Images, Xinhua, and Zuma Press. He is also working as a chief editorial photographer for the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Chiu with proven track record in delivering award-winning, exclusive and distinctive spot news, sports and enterprise images that have been published in newspapers across the globe, and have received numerous honors including:
National Press Photographers Association's (NPPA) 2021 Best of Photojournalism, First Place in Sports Feature.
Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles' (PPAGLA) 2019 and 2021 Photojournalist of the Year (POY).
Los Angeles Press Club's 2014, 2017, 2020, and 2021 Southern California Photojournalist of the Year (POY).
2021 Award of Excellence in Editorial by Communication Arts and Photography (Magazine).
Canada's Photojournalism Photography Award Winner in Applied Arts Magazine Annual Contest 2007.
Best Hong Kong News Photography in 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Wildfires and protests have always been some of Chiu's favorite news events to cover, as he greatly enjoys capturing the dramatic moments showing firefighters battling a fire, and the pure emotion and expression of a protest that tells the story behind each and every event.
Chiu was born in China and raised in Hong Kong, where he graduated from Chu Hai College of Higher Education with a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication. He also received his 2nd B.A. in Special Major with an emphasis in Photojournalism during his time at California State University of Northridge (CSUN).
During his time in Asia, he worked for Hong Kong Express and Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily and Evening Post on several assignments: the Eastern China flooding, the Sino-British meetings in Beijing, the amnesty for Chinese illegal immigrants in Macau, and the Hong Kong Handover.
Chiu currently lives in Los Angeles and works as a freelance photographer for Associated Press (AP), Los Angeles Times, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Reuters, European Preeephoto Agency (EPA), Getty Images, Xinhua, and Zuma Press. He is also working as a chief editorial photographer for the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Chiu with proven track record in delivering award-winning, exclusive and distinctive spot news, sports and enterprise images that have been published in newspapers across the globe, and have received numerous honors including:
National Press Photographers Association's (NPPA) 2021 Best of Photojournalism, First Place in Sports Feature.
Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles' (PPAGLA) 2019 and 2021 Photojournalist of the Year (POY).
Los Angeles Press Club's 2014, 2017, 2020, and 2021 Southern California Photojournalist of the Year (POY).
2021 Award of Excellence in Editorial by Communication Arts and Photography (Magazine).
Canada's Photojournalism Photography Award Winner in Applied Arts Magazine Annual Contest 2007.
Best Hong Kong News Photography in 1992, 1993, and 1994.