美國西部同樣孕育出偉大作品，已故時尚及人像攝影師Richard Avedon在1980年代於美國西部拍攝的人像作品《In The American West》被喻為經典。在40年後的2023年夏天，現居香港的法國攝影師Harold de Puymorin與朋友騎乘著哈利電單車，踏上一趟穿越美國西部的攝影之旅。
Roger Ballen是當今世紀最具影響力和最重要的攝影藝術家之一，攝影生涯逾五十年，標誌性作品是在南非拍攝的怪誕風格人像及一系列擺拍作品，畫面中的氛圍詭譎不安，視覺效果非常震撼。2022年，他是代表南非參加第五十九屆意大利威尼斯雙年展的三位藝術家之一。
Isabelle Boccon-Gibod (法國，1968)
Isabelle Boccon-Gibod是一名工程師，曾就讀於巴黎中央理工學院和紐約哥倫比亞大學。她的職業生涯融合藝術和工業，最初從事拼貼和裝置藝術創作，二十年前她選擇以攝影作為主要創作媒介。她的作品屬於專題式創作，如巴黎橋底風景(Paris Under The Bridges)、建築物空間(南法小鎮的E1027別墅)等。她現於法國巴黎生活和工作，作品被巴黎龐比度藝術中心收藏。
作為一位充滿熱情的冒險家，居港法國攝影師Harold de Puymorin曾在許多不同的國家生活和旅行，包括啟發他攝影生涯的緬甸。他有敏銳的洞察力，作品總能喚起觀者的情感及好奇心。過去十多年，他曾與Louis Vuitton和Dom Perignon等品牌合作。除了商業作品外，他的攝影藝術也在亞洲眾多藝術博覽會上展出。
Reo Ma (香港，1992)
在倫敦主修時裝設計的Reo Ma，同名品牌REO MA在時裝界獲得不少好評。作為藝術家的Reo，將生活視為一個神秘的夢想——一種不受束縛的思想形式。他有豐富的想像力與創造力，喜歡跨媒介創作，既熱衷於焊接金屬、也重組車輛賦予新意義。2021年，他發起「WAR ON CULTURE」活動，以遊擊藝術的方式在香港、倫敦和巴黎的街頭展出雕塑作品。
Hong Kong Photographer Mak Fung (1918-2009) began photographing in the mid-1940s and documented the city’s street views and grassroots for more than half a century.
Hong Kong Once Was: 1946-1980s, a tribute exhibition to Mak Fung, was inspired by his 1997 photo book. It is an exquisite collection of photographs of old Hong Kong taken by Mak Fung from 1946 to the 1990s.
Hong Kong was a small fishing village. In Mak Fung’s photos, images of sampans in Aberdeen and drying salted fishes in Tai O remind us of its past. As a colonial city, Hong Kong’s architecture, such as the third-generation General Post Office in Central and Hong Kong Club Building, is reminiscent of history. Mak Fung’s lens also captures the street scene of Hong Kong and the daily life of ordinary people, such as the Graham Street market and the peddler on the street.
The exhibition showcases over 20 silver gelatin prints made in the 1990s and Mak Fung’s publications.
Hong Kong Once Was: 1946-1980s
Mak Fung Photo Exhibition
Date: 7-21, Dec, 2024
Time: 2:30-7pm(Wed-Fri), 2:30-6pm(Weekends)
Venue: Eastpro Gallery, 9A, Hyde Centre, 223 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
Whether in the movies or in reality, the US has always fascinated visitors. The country has inspired generations of photographers, from Robert Frank in the 1950s to today’s young street photographers.
Boogie Woogie Photography & PhotogStory are pleased to present a group exhibition, MADE IN USA, which brings together the works of eight artists exploring this theme. The exhibition will be held at the Loft in Wong Chuk Hang from 30 November 2024 to 24 January 2025.
It is a journey that embraces the diverse voices that have defined America and envisions stories still waiting to be told:
New York is the City; everyone sees and feels it from their perspective. Japanese photographer Takeshi Shikama‘s platinum print of Central Park is meditative and elegant; New York in the 1950s under the lens of Swiss-French photographer Sabine Weiss is dynamic. Meanwhile, US photographer Louis Stettner, who spent 70 years photographing Manhattan, captured the full spectrum of color within its urban scenery.
Harold de PuymorinHarold de Puymorin
In 2023, French photographer Harold de Puymorin embarked on an unforgettable photography trip across the Western USA, riding his Harley Davidson to explore the open roads of the American expanse. Through the endless deserts and flourishing mountains, Harold’s pictures show the diversity and richness of the United States and encourage those who dare to pursue their dreams.
Also in Western US, French photographer Isabelle Boccon-Gibod visited friends in Sun City Palm Forest, a residential community of 5,000 households with regulations so strict that she felt overwhelmed with anxiety. Only the instant film images of the sun and the road she embarked on during her subsequent journey could relieve her from such anguish.
Isabelle Boccon-Gibod
Hong Kong artist Reo Ma‘s motorbike installation echoes Harold de Puymorin’s road trip images. Vehicles symbolise speed and freedom but have also historically driven consumer culture forward, both in the US and elsewhere. Accompanying the motorbike are selected works from Reo, each representing his perceptions of our culture during his “road trip” of exploring the outer and inner worlds.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong artist Damon Tong used the “Made in China” stickers to collage the US flag. It can also be interpreted as a reflection of capitalism and consumerism in a broader sense.
US photographer Roger Ballen‘s staged photograph resonates with the exhibition’s titled theme. It portrays a constrained Superman who turns into a fragmented puppet. When Superman is no longer Superman, what becomes of the American dream?
Roger Ballen, Superman. All images Courtesy of Boogie Woogie Photography.
Boogie Woogie Photography is also pleased to present, with the prestigious Kraemer Gallery from Paris, 18th-century French museum-quality furniture and decorative art.
Boogie Woogie Photography is a company founded in Hong Kong in 2016 to promote photography in Asia. The mission is to act as a platform for galleries, collectors, companies, and photographers aiming to develop photography projects in Hong Kong and Asia.
PhotogStory is an online Photography platform and Guest Curator based in Hong Kong. We focus on stories of local and international photographers, and stories behind classic photos.
As one of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century, Louis Stettner’s work included streetscapes, portraits, and images of New York, which he continued to photograph for seven decades. His work stands out in photography due to his ability to convey profound human emotions and everyday life with an understated yet powerful authenticity. Stettner’s work was collected by the V&A Museum in London, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Sabine Weiss decided to become a photographer when she was eighteen, during a time when being a photographer was not a common profession, especially for a woman. She was apprenticed under photographers Frédéric Boissonnas and Willy Maywald, and Vogue hired her as a photo reporter and fashion photographer in 1952. Robert Doisneau discovered her photography and asked her to join the humanist-leaning photo agency Rapho, allowing her to work and travel for many other publications such as Time, Life, Newsweek, and Paris-Match.
Takeshi Shikama’s life ambition is to capture the “invisible” world that lingers beyond the visible world of the trees. Each photograph is hand-printed by himself using the ancient platinum/palladium technique, considered the highest quality in black and white photographic printing. The Japanese Gampi paper on which he prints is a handmade UNESCO national treasure. It requires a great deal of time and manual labor, reflecting Shikama’s intimacy with his subject matter.
Roger Ballen’s photographs span over fifty years, and he is one of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century. His strange and extreme works confront the viewer and challenge them to come with him on a journey into their minds as he explores the deeper recesses of his own. Roger Ballen is one of the artists representing South Africa at the Venice Biennale 2022 in Italy.
Isabelle was trained as an Engineer at Ecole Centrale Paris and Columbia University. Her life has mixed art and industry throughout her career. Having first worked on collages and installations, she elected photography twenty years ago as her core medium. Her work is project-based, photography offering the means and the pretext to explore specific territories. She likes to employ ad-hoc techniques. Centre Pompidou in Paris collects her work.
Damon Tong received a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (co-presented with the Hong Kong Art School) in 2008 and a Master of Visual Arts from the Hong Kong Baptist University in 2013. His creations mainly revolve around mundane events in his daily life, creating sticker collages comprised of thousands of small stickers assembled into simple phrases or patterns. The work may seem banal initially, but its overly repetitive arrangement suggests an overtone. The bright colors and patterns of the stickers provide a visually stimulating experience, albeit the conceptual content of the work is deliberately straightforward.
As a passionate adventurer, The Hong Kong-based French photographer Harold de Puymorin has lived and traveled in many different countries, including Myanmar, where his photography career began. With a keen eye for thought-provoking composition, his work is immersive and emotionally evocative, often arousing a deep sense of curiosity. Over the last 12 years, Harold has worked with brands such as Louis Vuitton and Dom Perignon. Besides commercial work, his photographic art was exhibited at numerous art fairs in Asia.
Reo Ma’s creativity has free rein in the myriad of mediums and materials he works with. With a background in fashion design, he has an affinity for hands-on production: he welds metal, moulds concrete and dismantles vehicles, all skills he taught himself. His sculptural objects thus take on a raw, unrefined visual quality that reflects the spontaneity and immediacy of his art-making. In 2021, Reo initiated War on Culture, a pseudonym that anyone can take on as long as they create works against the homogenisation of culture. In the fashion of guerrilla art, he has been putting up sculptural works since 2021 on the streets of Hong Kong, London, and Paris.
攝影師陳的 (Chan Dick)，香港著名攝影師，攝影集包括《探 The Trek》、《I SEE 吾見》及代表作《柴灣消防局》，曾獲2016年東京國際攝影獎的專業藝術攝影集首獎，作品曾於日本及荷蘭展出，也被香港文化博物館和日本奈良美術館收藏。
顯影 PhotogStory 香港攝影平台「顯影」，從事攝影寫作，近年開始策劃攝影展覽，包括《工廈角落》、秦偉個展《異域狂歡──香港的南看台》，以及聯合策展邱良逝世25週年紀念展《百變香江》及攝影聯展《My Hong Kong 我城》等。
Chan Dick ”Chai Wan Fire Station“ 10th Anniversary Photo Exhibition
2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong photographer Chan Dick‘s iconic work, ”Chai Wan Fire Station.“ PhotogStory is pleased to present a special exhibition of this marvelous series.
It all began with curiosity. For over six years, Chan Dick had been in his studio with the ventilation window closed. The outside world had never piqued his interest until a sudden howl pierced the silence one day. Intrigued, he approached the window and saw firefighters enjoying a volleyball game.
His studio window overlooked Chai Wan Fire Station and offered a vantage view of assemblies, washing up fire engines, pupils’ visits, and volleyball games. That tiny window opened up a brand new chapter of a curious journey.
Initially, his gaze was drawn out of sheer curiosity, and he spent a month simply observing. The more he saw, the more he was captivated. Chan Dick dedicated 15 months to meticulously documenting the Fire Station‘s daily routine, sifting through 1,500 images to curate a collection of 40 that would become the photo book Chai Wan Fire Station.
翻譯員宛超凡 @wanchaofan 1991年生於河北省，東京藝術大學博士。STAIRS PRESS出版社聯合創始人。TOTEM POLE PHOTO GALLERY成員。攝影集有《在水邊》(2016, STAIRS PRESS)、《觀物》(2018, WAN PUBLISHING)、《在石頭內部燃燒》(2020, WAN PUBLISHING)。獲第5回Canon Photographers Session佳能獎(2016)、第44回寫真新世紀優秀獎(2021)。作品被清里攝影美術館收藏。
致力推廣攝影藝術的Boogie Woogie Photography與香港攝影平台「顯影 PhotogStory」攜手於Fine Art Asia呈現特別展覽《昔日香港》(Hong Kong Once Was)，展出法國攝影師Raymond Cauchetier、香港攝影師何藩與鍾文略於二戰後在我城拍攝的照片。
Step back in time to the vibrant streets of post-war Hong Kong. In this era, traditional values coexisted with the rapid changes brought about by economic growth.
Boogie Woogie Photography and PhotogStory are pleased to present an exclusive collection of photographs by Raymond Cauchetier, Fan Ho, and James Chung. Their pictures provide a unique opportunity to explore a city in transformation, showcasing the cultural fusion and daily lives of Hong Kong’s residents during this pivotal era. The resilience and ingenuity, as depicted in these images, laid the groundwork for the dynamic metropolis we know today.
These photographs are not just nostalgic images but vital testimonies of a golden era. Junks, colonial buildings, rickshaws, and signboards in Chinese characters—each picture tells a story of hope and vitality, reflecting people adapting to new realities while honoring their rich heritage.
The city has undergone tremendous changes over the past half-century. Many colonial buildings have vanished, and these images are increasingly rare. We invite you to embark on this magical journey through time, where every corner reveals a memory, and every photograph whispers the tales of a city in transition.
Hong Kong Once Was transcends a mere exhibition; it stands as a homage to the enduring spirit of Hong Kong and its people.
當時日本傳媒廣泛報導他的身故，當中不乏觀點偏頗的文章，其時傳媒蜂擁向細江英公徵求刊登《薔薇刑》照片，他以守護三島由紀夫及相片的名譽為由，拒絕提供照片給傳媒，一來照片與他的自殺事件無關，二來也害怕傳媒以偏頗的文章配上《薔薇刑》，感覺對三島先生不尊重。其實在三島自殺之前，由於攝影集在海外也大獲好評，他們已籌備出版國際版《薔薇刑》，事件發生後，細江英公中斷出版計劃，幸好後來三島由紀夫太太瑤子致電他務必將其付梓，於是翌年才有這本《薔薇刑》(Barakei – Killed by Roses)，由著名設計師橫尾忠則負責裝幀設計。
當時細江英公不僅拍攝她在工作室的場景、在工作室外第14街表演行為藝術的時刻(14th Street Happening)，同時記錄下她在紐約Castellane Gallery展出的情景。最特別的一張作品，是草間彌生被陽具雕塑圍繞， 雙腿向上伸展呈V字型，目光自信地望向鏡頭。細江英公以影像疊加的方式，令相片產生一種夢幻的效果，突出藝術家「重複」的創作理念。
1995年，在細江英公的提倡下，位於山梨縣的清里攝影美術館 (K*MoPA，Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts)成立，由細江擔任館長多年，以教育為目的收藏攝影作品，尤其是鉑金相片，收藏量豐富。去年到訪日本攝影師志鎌猛(Takashi Shikama)位於山梨縣家中時，夫婦二人曾帶我參觀清里攝影美術館，當年志鎌猛先生正是在這裡見到鉑金相片的魅力後，從而開始鑽研鉑金鈀金照片十多年。
《William Klein: Painted Contacts》，29 x 20cm，HKD320，可inbox @photogshop 購買，
While reviewing his contact sheets for a film he made in the 1980s, William Klein conceived this original series by working at the nexus of painting and photography.
Referencing the age of film photography, when photographers selected images by circling individual negatives on a contact sheet with brightly colored grease pencils, Klein’s works invent a unique art object that organically combines painting and photography.
The resulting pieces are bold, kinetic color frames and reframes of enlarged black-and-white images throughout his career. Klein‘s iconic fashion and street photography always look gritty and bold, and are given a new vanguard and extraordinary perspective.
In his foreword to this edition, Klein describes these works as ”all brush strokes and jubilation. The jubilation of painting recalls the celebration of taking the photo.“
同樣在1997年創作的《大選美》(The Great Pageant Show)，是「Hollian Thesaurus」系列中最多人認識的作品。肖像攝影是黃楚喬的重要創作，早於1981年，她便以4×5大片幅相機身邊的藝術家朋友拍攝肖像，包括導演許鞍華、攝影師梁家泰、作家蔣芸、詩人關夢南、藝術家麥顯揚及梁巨廷等（這系列作品被香港文化博物館收藏），地點則她與同是攝影師丈夫的李家昇在中環成立的攝影工作室。
Renowned Hong Kong artist-photographer Holly Lee (1953-2024) passed away recently in Canada at 71.
Holly pioneered conceptual photography in HK and experimented with Photoshop to create composite photographs that resembled oil paintings. Her most notable series, Hollian Thesaurus, was made between 1994 and 2000 and was collected by the M+ Museum.
Holly Lee has been a professional photographer since the late 1970s. She was one of the founders of Dislocation, a monthly photography journal in HK that was active from 1992 to 1998. She immigrated to Toronto in 1997, where she and photographer Lee Ka Sing set up an art studio space from 2000 to 2018. The duo published an online weekly periodical, Double Doube, in 2019, showcasing their diverse creations throughout the years.
In 2024, Holly presented her new fiction, “Sushi Grass in Paradise,” and three works for The Hollian Thesaurus in a duo exhibition in WMA in Sheung Wan.
