A Hong Kong Memoir

Hong Kong master photographer Fan Ho's last classic trilogy "Hong Kong‧Memoir, 2014" (A Hong Kong Memoir, 2014) was finally republished in 2018. The first two are "Hong Kong Yesterday" (Hong Kong Yesterday, 2006) and "The Living Theatre, 2009".

The third part is different from the realistic style of the first two parts, and uses a lot of double-exposure techniques to create a lot of abstract works. These images were all shot on the streets of Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s. Through Fan Ho's unique perspective and composition, geometric light lines and unique Hong Kong street scenes are used to present a unique oriental artistic conception; his ingenuity The images of the film are still admired by many movie fans in the next few decades.

Ho Fan is known as the "Grandmaster of a Generation" in the photography industry, and is even known as the "Oriental Bresson". Born in Shanghai in 1931, moved to Hong Kong in 1949. Fan Ho's prolific period of photographic work was concentrated from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. During this period, his black-and-white photography was already in a leading position in Hong Kong, and his photographic techniques were even more pioneering at that time. He has won nearly 300 regional and international awards by participating in competitions, and is an honorary member of many national photographic societies, including the Royal Photographic Society and the Royal Society of Arts.

So far, Fan Ho has only published four collections of works, including the trilogy published through the American publishing house Modernbook during his lifetime: "Hong Kong Yesterday, 2006", "The Living Theater" (The Living Theater, 2009) and "Hong Kong‧Memoir of the Past" (A Hong Kong Memoir, 2014). As well as "Portrait of Hong Kong, 2017", published after the anniversary of his death, the works included in the four photobooks are different and there is no duplication.