Monday, April 30, 2018

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER SOCIETY (TPS) HELD ITS 4th ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY AND EXHIBITION AT WHITE BOX, PUBLIKA ON 26 APRIL WITH EXHIBITION RUNNING TILL 29 APRIL 2018. THE 60 PHOTOS INCLUDE THE TOP 3 WINNERS PLUS WINNERS IN THE 10 CATEGORIES. IT WAS A PHOTO-FINISH SUCCESS! CONGRATULATIONS TO FOUNDER AHSAN QURESHI AND CEO OF TPS DATIN RUBAB FATIMA!

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DR MAY TAN TREATED ME, PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO, LILLIAN TAN AND ERROL TAN TO DINNER AT THE SOCIAL AND THE TANS TOOK US FOR BASKIN-ROBBINS ICE CREAM FOR DESSERT.

Message from Datin Rubab Arif, CEO of Travel Photographer Society Sdn Bhd

"I would like to thank all of you for spending your precious time to support Travel Photographer Society by being a part of this beautiful exhibition. 

It’s with great pleasure for me to inform everyone that this is the 4th consecutive year of TPS Awards. TPS is a fast-growing online community for photographers with the efforts of 12,000 members across 162 countries.

This year we had 10 categories for the annual TPS Photography Contest.


Around 3000 photographers participated from over 92 countries. This is a huge success and we are extremely proud of our global reach.Congratulations to all the winners.


I hope we will achieve more in future and once again thank you to our Chief guest YB Datuk Wira Abu Bakar Mohammad Diah,Deputy Minister of MOSTI for taking the time out of his busy schedule for attending the event."

DATIN RUBAB FATIMA'S SPEECH DURING THE AWARD CEREMONY ON 26 APRIL 2018 AT PUBLIKA KUALA LUMPUR

"Good evening to our honorable chief guest YB Datuk Wira Abu Bakar Mohammad, Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti), Mr. Ahsan Qureshi, the founder of Travel Photography Society (TPS), Dato Arif Siddiqui (My pillar and dearest husband), our talented photographers, panel of judges, representative of our official venue (WhiteBox Map KL), media friends, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. 

I would like to thank all of you for spending your precious time to support  Travel Photographer Society by being a part of this beautiful exhibition. It’s with great pleasure for me to inform everyone that this is the 4th consecutive year of TPS Awards. 

TPS is a fast-growing online community for photographers with the efforts of 12,000 members across 162 countries.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

This year we had 10 categories for the annual TPS Photography Contest and the categories are :

1.      People
2.      Street
3.      Sports
4.      Architecture & Cityscape
5.      Wildlife & Animals
6.      Stories
7.      Wedding
8.      Fashion
9.      Black & White
10.  Landscape

Around 3000 photographers participated from over 92 countries. This is a huge success and we are extremely proud of our global reach. I would also like to say that the participation rate of Malaysian photographers is very high and you can witness the work of top Malaysian Photographers in this exhibition tonight. 

We planned to have a separate category for Malaysia in future which we will announce soon. Our future plans are we wish to develop youths from colleges or universities in Malaysia to encourage them to enhance their photography skills which will be a great future for them. 

I have also a great interest to organize a national level photography contest with an exciting rewards for them.

Besides that, each year the quantity and quality of photographs that we receive are improving. It is not an easy task for the judges to select the winners.

We are very pleased to inform that all the work displayed here is taken by both professionals and amateur photographers. It means that this contest is for everyone, as long as you have the love and passion in photography.

Last but not least, congratulations to all the winners and I hope that we will achieve more in future and once again thank you to our chief guest YB Datuk Wira Abu Bakar Mohammad for taking the time out of your busy schedule for attending this event.


Thank you."

Travel Photographer Society Awards 2018

Arresting images and amazing visual stories by travel photographers from over 90 countries will be on exhibit at the White Box Gallery at MAPKL@PUBLIKA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from April 26- 29, 2018.

The exhibits are the best 60 entries from the 2,562 photographs submitted for the 2018 Travel Photographer Society Contest under 10 categories: Street, Landscape, People, Wildlife & Animal, Black & White, Architecture/Cityscapes, Sports, Fashion, Wedding and Stories (Documentary).

The award-giving ceremony by The Travel Photographer Society (TPS), its fourth awards event since 2015, will be on Thursday, April 26, at the White Box at 6pm.

The TPS offers a platform for amateur, professional and other photography enthusiasts to network and share expertise while promoting their work.

TPS not only holds photography contests to encourage healthy competition but also conducts workshops, collaborations, and CSR work to help individuals, communities and professionals to mingle, cooperate and enrich the world through their passion for photography.

Ahsan Qureshi, TPS’ founder, has held exhibitions of his own works in KL. A Pakistani now settled in Adelaide, Australia, he partners with the lovely Datin Rubab Fatima, the CEO, who is an art collector herself, and holder of several beauty titles.

The contest, which began on November 15 last year, was judged by 15 photographers, among them Cheryl Nemazie (an award-winning art director and photographer based in the United States) , Paul Atkins (a veteran in the industry who sits on the national board of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography), Vineet Vohra from India (a Leica Ambassador) and Zainal Abd Halim, Chief Photographer at the Malaysian Insight.

Ten winners were picked from a total of 1,650 participants (for the 10 categories).

The top overall winner, Raed Ammari, a US dentist with a passion for photography, won for his timely shot of an insect eyeing the camera through a hole in a leaf.


The first runner up is Bernard Recirdo from Philippines, whereas the second runner up is Kaan Yuan Chiam  from Malaysia, BELOW


Tuck Mun Leong from Malaysia is the winner of the Stories category with his shot titled Everyday Life of People in Sichuan.

The top prizes include flight tickets and hotel stays for the awards night in KL and for some of the category winners, scholarships for masterclass and workshops by world-renowned photographers.

1st Runner Up | Dragon Boat Race by Bernard Recirdo | Philippines

2nd Runner Up | Grassland Of The Grand Canyon by Kaan Yuan Chiam | Malaysia | Photo taken in China

Architecture | Down To The Bones by Francis Meslet | France
Street | People by Mikhail Potapov | Russia

Wedding | Waiting For You by Jacky Wong | Malaysia

Fashion | Iridescent Water by Sergio Baeza | Mexico

People | The Opera by Nick Ng Yeow Kee | Malaysia

Stories | Everyday Life of People in Sichuan by Tuck Mun Leong | Malaysia | Photo taken in China

Black & White | Worship by F. Dilek Uyar | Turkey

EXHIBITION AT WHITE BOX PUBLIKA (Free Admission)
26 April : 10am – 4.30pm
27 April – 29 April : 10am- 7pm
The exhibition will move to the Tourism Centre Art Gallery in Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia from mid September to mid October 2018.



DATIN RUBAB FATIMA THE CEO OF TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER SOCIETY (TPS) WITH GUESTS 

 DATIN RUBAB FATIMA WITH HELEN CHAI IN RED AND GUESTS
 FROM RIGHT, DR MAY TAN, DATIN  RUBAB ARIF, PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO, SHARON TOO AND HELEN CHAI AN D3 BEAUTY QUEENS 
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS ROSIER THAN THE ROSES!
 SHARON GAN
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND KL TOWER BEHIND ALSO KNOWN AS AHSAN QURESHI THE FOUNDER OF TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER SOCIETY

 SEXY BEAUTY QUEEN

 ARRIVAL OF DEPUTY MINISTER OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DATO WIRA ABU BAKAR MOHAMAD DIAH WELCOMED BY DATO ARIF SIDDIQUI AND AHSAN QURESHI
 CEO OF TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER SOCIETY DATIN RUBAB FATIMA, DEPUTY MINISTER OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DATO WIRA ABU BAKAR DIAH AND AHSAN QURESHI FOUNDER OF TPS


 DEPUTY MINISTER OF MOSTI TAKING CLOSER LOOK

 DATO ARIF SIDDIQUI, AHSAN QURESHI, DEPUTY MINISTER OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION WITH DATIN RUBAB FATIMA  
 AHSAN QURESHI IS A HEAD AND HALF TALLER THAN MOST MEN. WONDER IF EVERYTHING IS IN SAME PROPORTION


 EMCEE


 CEO OF TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER SOCIETY DATIN RUBAB FATIMA



 FOUNDER OF TPS AHSAN QURESHI

 DEPUTY MINISTER OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DATO WIRA ABU BAKAR MOHAMAD DIAH


 SHARON TOO, PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO AND DR MAY TAN


 BEAUTY QUEENS UNDER SHARON TOO

 DATIN RUBAB FATIMA, DEPUTY MINISTER OF MOSTI AND AHSAN QURESHI GIVING TOKEN OF APPRECIATION

 WINNERS FROM MALAYSIA AS FOREIGN WINNERS WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND DESPITE FREE AIRFARES, BOARD AND HOTEL
  


 I ALWAYS BRING PORTABLE LADDER WHEN SPEAKING TO AHSAN QURESHI
 OVERALL WINNER RAED FROM USA SENT THIS VIDEO

 ONE FOR THE ALBUM


  




 SANJNA SURI MISS MALAYSIA INTERCONTINENTAL WITH ERROL AND LILLIAN TAN WHO LOOK LIKE MIDGETS NEXT TO HER

 2 BEAUTIES SANJNA SURI AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE
 PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO AND DR MAY TAN

 DR MAY TAN AND DATO SRI BECKY LEOGARDO
 ERROL AND LILLIAN TAN
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE IN FLORAL SUIT
 DRAGON SUSHI 
YUMMY! 

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