In just three weeks the 2013 Red Bull Illume Winner Award Ceremony takes place against the backdrop of Hong Kong's dramatic skyline and Victoria Harbour. After four months of waiting, the Top 50 finalists will finally be revealed to the world. The Top 50 Red Bull Illume images will be unveiled live on the website in real time on August 29th at 20:45 HKT, and fans will be able to follow the Winner Award Ceremony on Facebook, so be sure to tune in!
The event will be hosted by Alyson Hau and Cyrus Chow and promises to be nothing short of spectacular. After the prize-giving, the Top 50 finalists and other VIP guests will be treated to a show by Viki Gomez and Matthias Dandois who will perform a BMX display alongside an illuminated traditional dragon dance. The inspiring images, picked by an elite panel of judges that included TK Mak (who features in the Red Bull Illume Perspectives series), will then be unveiled on 2m x 2m lightboxes and signify the opening of the night-time public exhibition.
VIP guests will include a number of Leica, broncolor and Sun-Sniper special guests and a number of esteemed editors and key players in the photography industry.
At the Winner Award Ceremony the overall winner will receive the new Leica S camera and a broncolor Move Outdoor kit as well as Sun-Sniper gear worth over €2,000, while category winners will each receive a Leica X2, a broncolor Para 88 P Kit and an assortment of Sun-Sniper gear.
After the Winner Award Ceremony and three-week exhibition in Hong Kong (the exhibition runs from August 30 – September 15), Red Bull Illume will go to the US next and continue traveling around the world's capitals and cultural hubs as a unique night-time exhibition.
Red Bull Illume Winner Award Ceremony: The countdown is on!
Red Bull Illume Winner Award Ceremony: The countdown is on!

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