KATHERINE KY CHENG

Photographer and Videojournalist

Vital Impacts is offering a mentorship program to 50 applicants for the Vital Impacts Environmental Grant. Participants will be paired with either an editor or a leading environmental photographer over a 12-month period to help them develop their photographic project. Mentees will also take part in the Vital Impacts lecture series. We will be featuring monthly talks that will be both...

The fourth cohort of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network runs from July to December 2023. It includes 100 journalists (35 men and 65 women) from 59 countries and territories and from a wide range of news outlets. They collectively speak 38 languages. You can find the breakdown of members by country, gender and medium in the charts. Learn more here .

Ryan Wilkes and Katherine Cheng both found themselves behind the lens as photojournalists in somewhat unexpected ways. In 2019, Ryan was about to enter the world of research as his PhD in biomedical engineering came to a close in New Zealand, when he realized that picking up a camera would help scientists have a better impact on the world. And working deep in the nonprofit sector, Katherine...

Parallel lives Katherine Cheng’s parents left Hong Kong in 1990. Three decades years later, the Toronto-born photographer retraced her family’s immigration journey. Cbc.ca

Wherever you looked, 2020 was a year of seeing many things anew—a year of 20/20 vision, so to speak—and the impacts are still reverberating all around us. Between the global pandemic and the protests for racial justice, our worlds came more sharply into view and the need for change became ever more pronounced. Given photography’s role in shaping how we look and what we see,...

Is Hong Kong Illegal Wildlife Trade On the Brink? On paper, 2021 was a notable year for those fighting Hong Kong illegal wildlife trade, with an amendment of the local Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance (OSCO) and the effects of COVID-19 becoming increasingly visible. However, the data shows that wildlife trafficking has not slowed down, and that powers from the OSCO bill have not yet...

Exhibition: 2021 International Environmental Photography Lab Native Agency (Jan 18, 2022) The International Environmental Photography Lab Mentorship Program (2021) The International Environmental Photography Lab was a six month, online mentoring program presented by Native Agency in collaboration with Grün Berlin , Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin (New School for...

“In dense urban areas such as Hong Kong, the human connection to nature can at times feel distant. Concrete blocks and glass skyscrapers surround the city centre, interrupted only by carefully curated gardens and nature parks. With the unrelenting pressures of Covid-19 and political tension, many have turned to the outdoors for some peace.This series, by photographer Katherine Cheng,...