Ringo Chiu

Ringo Chiu AKA "The Machine," a 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Photography and 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Breaking News Photography. Wildfires and protests have always been some of Chiu's favorite news events to cover, as he greatly enjoys capturing the dramatic moments showing firefighters battling a fire, and the pure emotion and expression of a protest that tells the story behind each and every event.

Chiu was born in China and raised in Hong Kong, where he graduated from Chu Hai College of Higher Education with a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication. He also received his 2nd B.A. in Special Major with an emphasis in Photojournalism during his time at California State University of Northridge (CSUN).

Chiu currently lives in Los Angeles and works as a freelance photographer for  Associated Press (AP), Reuters, Agence France-Presse ( AFP), European Preeephoto Agency (EPA), Getty Images, Los Angeles Times, and Zuma Press. He is also working as a chief editorial photographer for the Los Angeles Business Journal. His works have been published worldwide and have received numerous honors including:

National Press Photographers Association's (NPPA) 2021 Best of Photojournalism, First Place in Sports Feature.

2021 Award of Excellence in Editorial by Communication Arts and Photography (Magazine).

Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles' (PPAGLA) 2019 Photojournalist of the Year (POY).

Los Angeles Press Club's 2014, 2017, 2020, and 2021 Southern California Photojournalist of the Year (POY).

Canada's Photojournalism Photography Award Winner in Applied Arts Magazine Annual Contest 2007.