Eddie

Portraits of Hong Kong — Capturing History through Portrait Series.

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Enjoyed a good jazz performance held at one of the best jazz venue in Hong Kong @fountaindechopin

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Lavin

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She’s a gentle and polite girl. Her life’s motto is the pursuit of freedom - and it seems fitting to call her an “intellectual aristocrat”. The reason behind her firm determination to keep gaining new knowledge is to have the ability to make well thought-out decisions and stubbornly stick to them - until proven wrong by proper evidence.

To her, the ability to challenge her own beliefs isn’t simply to help her make better choices. More importantly, it protects her intellectual freedom. In her eyes, the culprit that causes people to lose their intellectual freedom is the inflexibility and obstinacy with which they maintain their beliefs.

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@geneluenyang @sljournal Great! And also reading Monkey King

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@Patbrdh Great lighting

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@naotokirimare Nice!

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@mateof3000 Great photo

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@the_gpc_ Great

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@Patbrdh Wow

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Mary

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I met her about a year ago. At the time, I tried carrying a huge tilt-shift camera on a tripod around the streets while asking passersby if I could take photos of them. But it was too heavy for me, so I began inviting others on social media to help me carry my equipment.

As a result, a large number of post-graduate students in Hong Kong came to apply, mainly because they thought it would be fun - and she was one of the first bunch. This was how fate brought us together, and since then, we’ve photographed and interviewed quite a number people in Hong Kong.

The vibe changes entirely with her as my assistant. Not only does she look exceedingly kind, her manner of speech is clear and elegant. This makes those being photographed very accepting and cooperative. Inviting passersby for photoshoots becomes an easy task with her around. She even helped me prepare scripts of the interviews.

She’s a diligent and hardworking student - although she acts humble, she’s undoubtedly a top-scorer. She just completed her master’s degree in Hong Kong, and will soon land herself an excellent job in the mainland.

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(If you are also interested in assisting me in this project, please feel free to contact me too!)

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Olivier Cong

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I am a musician.

I began learning the violin at the age of 4, then the piano at the age of 6. I once studied at HKUST for half a year, but it really just wasn’t for me - I transferred to study psychology in the UK. There, I found myself with a lot of spare time, so I began composing music. About seven years ago, I began to “play” music professionally and took it as my career.

After returning from the UK to Hong Kong, fate allowed me to encounter a lot of opportunities for collaboration. Hong Kong is an amazing place - it’s a fascinating metropolis brimming with people from a myriad of backgrounds, cultures, and talents; which serves to accommodate and propel the development of a wide array of artistic styles. In the midst of this gigantic variety of arts, I am most active in the circles of dance, theater, film, and installation art performances: my role is telling different stories through music. Through collaborating with other artists, I often form deep and meaningful connections with them - together, we tried to make discoveries unraveling the fundamental reasons behind various creations and forms of expression. These shared inquiries touch upon deep and highly intimate matters between ourselves, leading to the blossoming of beautiful friendships.

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@othingstodo_com Great color

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@L_endouceur 美

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Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong（ACGHK）

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I feel that taking black and white photos of cosplayers (of anime characters) is actually quite appropriate, since to me, the fundamental form of animation is manga, and manga starts off black and white.

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My shooting approach leans toward the understated, poetic beauty exemplified in Eastern aesthetics. I embrace visual elements like graininess and blur, seeing long-lasting beauty in flawed images. I aim to avoid overt intentions to leave space for interpretations. An ordinary street scene can often contain more information to uncover than a deliberately emotive shot.

This August, I‘m releasing my second photo book focused on Tokyo. I hope to continue capturing major cities like London, New York and Shanghai, witnessing the potential of street photography.

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Mini-online Photo Exhibition

Lau Kwan Yin’s Black & White Street Photos

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My name is Lau Kwan Yin, born in Hong Kong, 45 years old. I studied photography briefly in secondary school, but I truly started street photography in 2015. Initially clueless, I was drawn to the possibilities of shooting freely on the streets. After around a year and a half, I started doubting if I was heading in the right direction until I discovered pioneering street photographers like Daido Moriyama. Their work resonates so deeply that I almost wanted to shout out loud - it felt like a secret manual unlocking the art of photography for me.

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With my near-daily shooting habits, I’ve amassed an extensive photo collection over the years. While I had many horizontal shots in that collection, my first book ”Sparks“ in 2015 was a compilation of vertical black and white images, expressing my curiosity about the world through that particular photographic style. I made the decision not to reprint it once it sells out.