香港攝影書店空間顯影堂將於2026年6月6日至7月4日為香港攝影藝術家師何居怡 (Daphne Alexis Ho) 舉辦個展《When The Shutter Closes》。
當快門按下，一個瞬間結束，同時亦開啟另一段過程。展覽圍繞一個提問展開：按下快門是否就意味著影像的完成，抑或在定格之後仍持續延伸與轉變。
展覽呈現三個相互關連的系列——《TEAR》、《UNSTILL》與《STILL》。何居怡並不把照片視為單純的記錄，而是視其為可承受時間與痕跡的物件。影像在拍攝之後所經歷的變化，成為創作的核心；照片不再只是終點，而可能是一段過程的開始。
始於2023年的《TEAR》系列，透過對撕裂與修復影像的手法展開思考。照片被撕開後重新拼合，受日本傳統修復工藝金繼所啟發，以「手繪金粉」接縫影像。裂痕保留於畫面之中，破壞與修補並存，使影像同時顯露其脆弱與承受力。
《UNSTILL》系列延續影像的探索，顆粒狀的白色、黑金與黑銀的顏料散落於單色風景之上，打破畫面的靜謐。顏料為原本定格的影像引入流動與不確定，使景觀在聚合與散逸之間徘徊。
《STILL》系列則保持作品原貌，這種未經改動並非拒絕變化，而是一種接納。影像在其原有狀態中自成完整。
三個系列共同圍繞無常與轉變展開。無論經過改動或保持原狀，照片皆不被視為終點，而是在觀看與停留之間逐漸顯現其意義。
展覽詳情
日期：2026年6月6日至7月4日
時間：星期三至六下午2時至7時（需預約）
地點：黃竹坑業勤街33號金來工業大廈二座6J室·顯影堂
何居怡 (Daphne Alexis Ho)
2011年獲香港藝術學院與澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學(RMIT University)合辦之藝術學士學位，2014年獲藝術碩士學位，並於2018年取得澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學哲學博士學位。
顯影堂
由香港攝影平台「顯影 PhotogStory」創辦人劉東佩在2025年成立的「顯影堂 DEVEDO」，是香港罕有專注攝影書籍的書店。店內除了出售多種攝影書籍，也會定期舉辦攝影文化相關講座及策劃攝影展覽。
藝術家自述
在《When the Shutter Closes》中，我思考一張攝影作品究竟在何時、或是否能被視為完成。
透過《TEAR》、《UNSTILL》與《STILL》三個系列，我追索影像在按下快門之後的生命。無論是潑灑顏料、修補裂痕，或選擇不作改動，每一個動作都是一種傾聽——聆聽影像如何繼續展開，如何在可見的畫面之外延續。
我對影像與意識之間那片未明的空間深深著迷。攝影似乎指向定格與終止，但對我而言，它更像是一場對話的開端，一種轉化的契機。我守候快門落下之後的片刻，那段幾乎無形的靜止時刻。在其中，意義悄然轉移、散開，又重新開始。
我的創作深受日本美學「間（ma）」的啟發——那是一種活著的停頓，是片刻之間得以呼吸與生成的空隙。這種開放感貫穿於我的創作過程：堆疊、撕裂、等待。對我而言，攝影是一種沉思的實踐，是在行動與靜止、完成與延續之間尋找平衡的過程。而那份節奏，唯有在快門闔上的瞬間，才會浮現。
When The Shutter Closes
DEVEDO is pleased to present When The Shutter Closes, a solo exhibition by Hong Kong photographic artist Daphne Alexis Ho, on view from June 6 to July 4, 2026.
When the shutter closes, something ends — yet something else inevitably begins. In the exhibition, Ho considers whether a photograph ever truly reaches completion, or whether each image continues to unfold beyond the moment of capture.
The exhibition brings together three interconnected series — UNSTILL, TEAR, and STILL. Rather than treating the photograph as a fixed record, Ho approaches it as both surface and object, capable of change. What happens after the image is taken becomes central: the photograph is not an endpoint, but the beginning of another process.
In UNSTILL, granulated natural pigments of white, black gold, and black silver scatter across monochromatic landscapes. The pigments disrupt the image’s apparent stillness, loosening its structure and introducing movement and uncertainty. Landscapes hover between formation and dispersal, suggesting that the photographic image is never entirely static.
The TEAR series extends this inquiry through acts of rupture and repair. Photographs are torn and meticulously rejoined along seams traced with gold pigment. Fractures remain visible; what first appears as damage becomes a careful act of restoration. The works hold destruction and mending in tension, revealing the photograph as both vulnerable and enduring.
By contrast, the works in the STILL series remain untouched. Their stillness is not a refusal of change, but an acceptance of what already exists. Without intervention, these images suggest that completion may reside within the photograph itself — a quiet presence that requires no further alteration.
Across the three series, Ho reflects on impermanence and transformation. Whether altered or left intact, each photograph exists in a state of becoming. Completion is not presented as a fixed conclusion, but as an awareness that emerges through sustained looking and attention.
Exhibition Details
Date: June 6 – July 4, 2026
Time: 2:00–7:00 PM (Wednesday–Saturday, by appointment)
Venue: DEVEDO, 6J, Block 2 Kingley Industrial Building, 33 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Daphne Alexis Ho
Daphne received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (2011) and Master of Fine Arts (2014), co-presented by Hong Kong Art School and RMIT University, and a Doctor of Philosophy (2018) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia.
DEVEDO 顯影堂
DEVEDO is one of Hong Kong’s distinguished photography bookstores, founded in July 2025 by LAU Tung-Pui, photography curator and founder of the Hong Kong photography platform PhotogStory. In addition to offering a wide selection of photography books, DEVEDO also regularly hosts photography talks and exhibitions.
Artist Statement
When the Shutter Closes
In When the Shutter Closes, I explore when — or whether — a photographic work can ever be considered complete. Through three series — UNSTILL, TEAR, and STILL — I trace the life of an image after the moment of capture. Each gesture, from scattering paints to mending ruptures or leaving a photograph untouched, becomes a way to listen to the photograph’s unfolding, to what continues beyond the visible frame.
I am drawn to the uncertain space between image and awareness. The act of photography often suggests finality, yet for me it is the beginning of dialogue and transformation. I am interested in what happens in the interval after the shutter closes: an invisible moment of stillness where meaning shifts, disperses, and quietly begins again.
My work is guided by the Japanese aesthetic sensibility of ma — the living pause, the space between moments where things breathe and become. This sense of openness echoes through my process: layering, tearing, and waiting. Photography, for me, is a contemplative practice — a search for the balance between action and rest, completion and continuation. Within that space, I find the rhythm of my work — discovered only when the shutter closes.
