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Ruby Yang
Winner of the 79th Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
INTRODUCTION
Ruby Yang
Winner of the 79th Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
Head of Jury Panel of the SmallRig Awards
Ruby Yang, born in Hong Kong and educated in the U.S., holds master's degrees in painting and film production. She won the 79th Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for The Blood of Yingzhou District in 2007 and served as a jury for the 83rd Academy Award in 2011. She is the editor of the series Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, which received four Emmy nominations. Since 2013, she has been the Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities at the University of Hong Kong, teaching documentary production at the university's Journalism and Media Studies Centre.
SmallRig is excited to present Onsite, a carefully crafted global interview series on the image. This program features in-depth conversations with photographers, directors, filmmakers, visual artists, and industry leaders from around the world. Together, we explore their unique creative visions, technical challenges, emotional connections, and the social significance of their work. We delve into how the core concept of “onsite” takes on new meaning and value across different cultures, regions, and historical contexts. True image storytelling goes beyond mere documentation; it's about participation, witnessing, reflection, and connecting the past with the future. Through Onsite, we hope to inspire more people to recognize and cherish the power of “being onsite” and encourage them to pick up their cameras to share their own stories, helping to create a more vibrant and authentic visual world.