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Hong Kong-based Black Star photographer Michael Coyne has worked on assignments and appeared in magazines such as Newsweek, Life, Time, National Geographic and the Smithsonian. His numerous awards include: American National Press Photographers Association, Overseas Press Club of America, New York Art Directors Award, Book of the Year, Children’s Book of the Year, The Religious Book of the Year. In April 2003 Michael was awarded the "Centenary Medal" by the Australian Government for Service to Photography. His corporate clients include Pepsi, Exxon, McDonalds, Citibank, General Motors and IBM. Michael has been contracted to Black Star for two decades. He is a Doctor of Philosophy (by Publication) and an Adjunct Professor of RMIT University.On Street Photographers, Spies, Perverts and Pedophiles
“Beware of illegal photo taking. Report crime for benefit of all.”
These were the words on a sign at Causeway Bay, a bustling tourist area in Hong Kong. Such a warning isn’t unusual here; wherever you go, you can find signs reading, “No Photos, No Videos, No Smoking and No Dogs.”
Previous Stories
- How I Gained Access to a Chinese Coal Mine After the Government Said No
- Being a Photography Contest Judge Can Try Your Patience
- How I Created a Second Income on the Speaking Circuit
- Sometimes, Poking Your Camera into People’s Lives Just Doesn’t Feel Right
- As Long as There Is Passion, There Will Be Great Photojournalism
- Mud, Glorious Mud
- Shaking Off the Minister of Propaganda
- On Mice, Eagles and PhDs
- Return to Hong Qiao: The Harvest Is Next Week
- Documenting Numurkah
- Sometimes It’s Hard to Be Different
- In East Timor, Not Everybody Has a Camera
- A Body of Knowledge on HIV
- Heat and Dust in an Indian Village
- Hanging with Revolutionaries
- Tea, War and Protest in Iran
- How Not to Take Photos of a Thai Temple
- In Rural China, It Helps to Be Optimistic
- The Jesuits: Love Shown in Deeds
- The Other Side of Singapore
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