Repost : CGAP Announces Winners of 2014 Photo Contest from Malaysian photographer

Washington, D.C., 17 November 2014: The grand prize winner of the 2014 CGAP Photo Contest is Soh Yew Kiat of Malaysia. A panel of three judges selected his photo, “Cormorant Fisherman,” from a record number of 4,820 entries from professional and amateur photographers in 95 countries. The winning photo depicts a man in China practicing the vanishing craft of cormorant fishing – a traditional technique thousands of years old that involves training birds to catch fish. >> A man demonstrates cormorant fishing Photo Credit: Soh Yew Kiat