Thinking about Hong Kong...
Here's a rare colour photograph of this marvelous, infinite, impossible and yet so real city in the 1950s by Fan Ho—probably the greatest among its photographers.
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Here's a rare colour photograph of this marvelous, infinite, impossible and yet so real city in the 1950s by Fan Ho—probably the greatest among its photographers.
Here are a few more instagram.com/p/CAzp9OsHWKQ/…
Fan Ho's portraits of Hong Kong did not only document a fascinating urban reality, but it created a way of seeing, it shaped our spatial imagination, contributing incalculably to the perception of our own cities
But, of course, he was a master of photography tout court. His geometries still teach us how to school our gaze, to decentre oneself in order to see the patterns below the surface of things
'Approaching Shadow' (1954) by Fan Ho
Between impermanence and refraction
Fan Ho's official website fanho-forgetmenot.com
