Are you learning or speaking French? Capture Hong Kong: A Sociolinguistic Perspective Through Your Lens is your chance to show your photography, practice your French, and win a cash prize! No matter your level of French, this competition is designed to let your voice, creativity, and perspective shine! 

Why Join?

• Prizes: Champion HK$500 · 1st Runner-Up HK$300 · 2nd Runner-Up HK$200 · Audience Choice Award HK$100 

• Top 10 finalists: work shown in an on-campus exhibition, printed certificate 

• All participants: e-certificate of participation for your CV or portfolio 

• Open to every French level—it’s about your perspective, curiosity, and storytelling! 

How It Works?

1. Snap a photo that speaks to life, identity, or culture in Hong Kong. 

2. Interview 2-3 people with different perspectives (e.g., a long-term local resident, a visitor/exchange student, or someone from another generation). Ask open questions:                                                                                                             

a. What does this photo say to you about Hong Kong?                                                                                                                 

b. What’s missing that you’d expect to see?                                                                                                                                   

c. Would you have photographed this differently?                                                                                                               

Interviews can be in English or French. Only the written reflection needs to be in French. 

[Important Note]

Interviewees' consent forms: Signed consent forms from all interviewees, confirming their informed consent for the interview and for the use of their responses in the competition entry and the campus exhibition.

Kindly submit the completed consent form through the submission entry, using the template below:

    3. Submit Your Entry

Upload your photo via the link below. Your submission must also include:

• Interview Log: A short summary of who you spoke to, when, key points discussed, and audio recordings/clips.

• Interviewees' Consent Forms: Signed consent forms from all interviewees, confirming their informed consent for the interview and for the use of their responses in the competition entry and the campus exhibition.

• French Reflection (100-120 words): A paragraph on what you found—one point of agreement among interviewees, one point of difference, and how their views shifted your own perspective on your photo.

🔗 Submit here: https://ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3BHgzfVhk7K75KC

Judging criteria and Weightings:

• Sociological and cultural components: 50%

  • Extent to which the work reflects Hong Kong, comparison and integration of students’ ideas with those of the interviewee(s), and formulation of the final answer: 30%

  • Quality of the photograph: 20%

• French component: 50%

  • Effectiveness of the message conveyed: 25%

  • Quality of language use: 25%

Declarations: 

Photo editing restrictions:

• Both colour and monochrome photos are accepted.

• Watermarks, signatures or other identifying marks are prohibited.

• Only minor adjustments such as cropping, brightness, contrast or color correction are allowed.

• AI-generated or modified photos are strictly prohibited.

Declaration of Original Work:

• The French writing submission and interview logs must be entirely the participant's own work.

• Automated translation tools, generative AI, and third-party writing services must not be used to create the French writing submission or interview logs.

• All interview responses must accurately reflect real conversations conducted with the informed consent of the participants.

• Any plagiarism, unauthorized use of copyrighted material, misrepresentation of interview data, or non-original text generation may result in immediate disqualification from the competition.

Legal responsibility:

• All entries must be original works created by the participants and have never been entered into other competitions, published on other platforms (including online circulation), or featured in events. Entries must not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.
• Participants must ensure that their entries do not include any information or content that is obscene, abusive, violent, defamatory or otherwise, are not or would not be contrary to the interest of national security and shall not violate the laws of Hong Kong (including laws and regulations relating to national security and intellectual property rights). Otherwise, the participants will be disqualified.
• By submitting their work, participants confirm that their entries comply with relevant laws. The organizer will not assume any responsibility for legal violations arising from submissions.
• The organizer reserves the right to reject any entries or disqualify participants without providing specific reasons. Its decisions regarding all competition matters shall be final.

Copyright:

Upon submission of an entry, a participant is deemed to have authorized the organizer to use, copy, edit, adapt, distribute, disseminate or display in any form and on various platforms and to make it available for public download and use. The organizer is not required to obtain prior permission from the participant or provide any form of compensation.

Personal Information Collection Statement:

• Participants should provide the necessary personal data in the Qualtrics form and ensure accuracy and completeness of such information. Participants have to agree to authorize the organizer to release personal data for contact, results announcement and publicity purposes. If participants do not provide such personal data, the organizer may not accept the entries.
• For the above purposes, the name of participants may be disclosed on the CLE website, other websites and/or to the social media.