Charlie

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Photographer

Lim Yaohui
Prize

Honorable Mention
Company/Studios

The Straits Times
Date of Photograph

5 February 2020
Technical Info

f/2.8, 1/125s, ISO 3200, Nikon D5
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Website

http://www.yaohui.sg

Charlie, 42 years old, is a Sumatran orang utan at the Singapore Zoo. He is of prime breeding age but has not yet had any offspring of his own. Sumatran orang utans are critically endangered in the wild. The Singapore Zoo has three males and one female of breeding age.

Biography

Lim Yaohui (b. 1982) is a photojournalist with The Straits Times in Singapore. His passion for nature and the environment led him to work as a horticulturist with the Singapore Botanic Gardens after graduating from the National University of Singapore with a degree in Life Sciences in 2007. In 2012, he left to pursue photography and became a full time photojournalist in 2016.
Awards

3 Honorable mentions, 2016 International Photography Awards Competition 1 Honorable mentions, 2015 International Photography Awards Competition 1 Honorable mentions, 2014 International Photography Awards Competition 5 Honorable mentions, 2013 International Photography Awards Competition 4 Honorable mentions, 2012 International Photography Awards Competition 7 Honorable mentions, 2011 International Photography Awards Competition Honorable mention, 2010 International Photography Awards Competition Honorable Mention, Press/Feature Story category, PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2012 Gold, “Prix de la Photographie, Paris” (Px3), 2015 Bronze, “Prix de la Photographie, Paris” (Px3), 2011