WE Press 香港人出版 - Xyza Cruz Bacani

Author

Awards

2018 Asia 21 Young Leaders

2017 Open Society Documentary Photography Grantee

2017 WMA Commission Grantee

2017 PDN's New and Emerging Photographer to watch

2017 Philippine Tatler Generation T

2016 Pulitzer Center Grantee

2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: The Arts

2016 Photo Boite 30 Under 30 Women Photographers

2016 Style Weekend Women Who Wow

2015 BBC 100 Women

2015 The Standard Young Visionary of the Year (Photojournalism)

2014 Justice Centre Human Rights Arts Prize

2014 Human Rights Press Award (Special merit)

2014 HIPA Photography Awards: Face Category (Fifth place)

2014 National Geographic Awards, Hong Kong (Finalist)

2013 National Geographic Awards, Hong Kong (Finalist)

2012 National Geographic Awards, Hong Kong (Finalist)

Xyza Cruz Bacani

Xyza Cruz Bacani (b.1987) is a Filipina Street and Documentary photographer based in Hong Kong who uses her work to raise awareness about under-reported stories. Having worked as a second-generation domestic worker in Hong Kong for almost a decade, she is particularly interested in the intersection of labour migration and human rights. She is a Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow in 2015, has exhibited worldwide, and won awards in photography. She is also the recipient of a resolution (HR No.1969) that was passed by the Philippines House of Representatives in her honour.

Xyza is one of Asia Society’s Asia 21 Young Leaders in 2018, the WMA Commission grantee in 2017, a Pulitzer Center grantee, and an Open Society Moving Walls grantee in 2017. She is one of the BBC’s 100 Women of the World 2015, 30 Under 30 Women Photographers 2016, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2016, and a FUJIFILM Ambassador.