Taipei photography society wins top prize at World CupBy Chen Yu-hsun and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Photographic Society of Taipei has won first place in last year’s World Cup for Clubs held by the International Federation of Photographic Art, making Taiwan the first Asian nation to win the championship since its inception in 2001. In 2018, the society won third place, then the highest place won by an Asian nation, and this year’s victory was a new record, he said. The Photographic Society of Taipei’s winning photographs are seen in this screen grab taken from its official site on Sunday. Photo: chen Yu-hsun, Taipei TimesTaiwan’s team — 20 photographers from the society, including Chang Ming-chih (張明芝), Chen Te-yun (陳德芸) and Chi Kuo-chin (齊國秦) — was among 207 photography groups from 48 nations at the event, Chiang said. Society member Yang Ya-ting (楊雅婷) won an individual silver medal, while Chen Feng-lin (陳豐麟) earned an honorable mention, he said.

Source: Taipei Times March 10, 2020 15:56 UTC