Hong Kong Pro Democracy Protests
Since 9 June, Hong Kong has been plunged into a political crisis, with waves of demonstrations and several violent clashes between Police and protestors. What started as a protest against a proposed government extradition bill allowing citizens to be extradited to China has since morphed has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city. Since the controversial extradition bill was withdrawn, protests continued with protestors calling for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to meet their remaining demands, which included an independent inquiry into police brutality, the retraction of the word 'riot' to describe protests, amnesty against prosecution for all those arrested, Carrie Lam's resignation and genuine universal suffrage in a call for true democratic rights.
Kiran Ridley
Kiran is an award winning photographer working throughout Europe and Asia. Most of his work concentrates on news, social political topics and the human experience. Fascinated by people and naturally curious by the human condition, Kiran, is passionate in documenting ongoing situations throughout the world, capturing the human dynamic, trying to seize the unexpected in a succession of unique moments that we humans create, whether in our hopes and dreams, or our anger.
His work is published throughout the world including The Sunday Times Magazine, The Times, The LA Times, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Le Figaro, Le Point, Die Welt, El Pais, Forbes, Observer and Guardian newspapers, Time, Spiegel, amongst many others.
Based in Paris, his work is distributed with leading photographic agencies Getty Images (Europe) and Polaris Images in the United States.
