Photographer's Profile
Daniel Ceng
ZUMA Press, Hong Kong SAR
23-year-old Daniel Ceng is an award-winning Asian photojournalist covering politics, social issues, war and more across the world, including Europe, Middle-East, Asia, and Southeast Asia, working with international news agencies such EPA Images, The Guardian, AFP, AP, ZUMA Press, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and The Initium. He is a member of the Photojournalists' Center of The Philippines and of the International Federation of Journalists. He has committed himself to promoting the perspectives of the Asian photographic community especially for the photojournalism industry. In particular, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfolded in February 2022, Daniel, in his 22, took the initiative to enter the war-torn country in the first week of March. During his six month stay in Ukraine, he traveled to dozens of war-torn cities, towns, villages as well as front lines in Donbass, reporting on the aftermath of Moscow's brutal invasion and its prolonged impacts on the most vulnerable groups. Daniel has received education in the city of Hong Kong and lived in different places like Taiwan, Mainland China and more, having the understanding of cultures of both the West and the East. His works have been recognised with nearly 50 awards and titles such as Winner of the Year, 2nd and 3rd prizes in international competitions, including IPA, French IPX, BIFA, TIFA, Neutral Density Awards, European Photography Awards, New York Feature (Emerging Photographer) Awards, Hong Kong's FOCUS AT FRONTLINE, Taiwan Press Photo Contest and more. Considering himself a Citizen of the World, Daniel believes that it is not simply the obligation for a photojournalist to communicate stories of significant issues and people that matter through photojournalism. It is also that, by reporting and recording aspects of everyday life and monumental events, people will get to recognise and remember things and moments that are valuable, meaningful and priceless and be inspired to treasure them.
