Fan Ho‘s new Thoughts On Street Photography, available @devedo.hk
From the publisher of Portrait of Hong Kong and Photography. My Passion. My Life., Hong Kong publisher WE Press presents a reprint of Thoughts on Street Photography — a recreation of Fan Ho’s acclaimed 1959 photographic methodologies.
Illustrated with 64 images, this book takes readers on an expedition through Fan Ho’s conceptual and practical foundations of street photography. Sixteen insightful essays, originally published in the Hai Kwang Fortnightly, are presented alongside self-written prefaces, a short autobiography, and a reorganization of his iconic, award-winning photographs.
This edition also features a curated selection of previously unpublished original negatives, newly scanned and printed. Dive into the creative process behind each photographic work, and be guided by his principle: move yourself and touch others.
“The real good picture is not about the camera, but in yourself, in your eyes, in your thoughts, in your heart; it was never about that unsympathetic machine.” – Fan Ho.
2019年，作品獲得「KG＋ Award」攝影獎，並在翌年的京都國際攝影節展出。2021年，這些照片結集成書，名為《I Deliver Bento Boxes to the Houses of Old People Living Alone》(ぼくは独り暮らしの老人の家に弁当を運ぶ)，由青幻舍出版，現正於「顯影堂」展示，同場還有逾30本青幻舍出版的攝影及藝術作品集，以慶祝青幻舍今年成立30周年。
攝影集320HKD，顯影堂 @devedo.hk 書店有售。 顯影堂 DEVEDO Venue: 6J, Block 2 Kingley Industrial Building, 33 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang. Open Thursday – Saturday, 1-7pm (By Appointment, IG or Email: photogstory@gmail.com)
For me, the images of my customers are not the sad images that await my future self. In fact, it was me who received the energy from the bento deliveries. ——Fukushima Atsushi
Fukushima Atsushi was born in 1981 in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated in photography from the Osaka University of Arts in 2004. From 2004 to 2014, he photographed the clients of the senior-citizen meal service at which he worked part-time in the city of Kawasaki.
At first, he could not bear to see how they lived, so he kept his distance—but then, gradually, he established relationships and even became friends with them as he took pictures of them inside their homes.
This series, Bento Is Ready (the basis for this book), received the KG+ Award Grand Prix in 2019 and was shown at the Kyotographie International Photography Festival in the following year.
Japanese photographer Yoshiyuki Okuyama (1991-) is one of the leading young photographers in Japan today. He started photographing in high school and gained his reputation after winning the Excellence Award of Canon New Cosmos of Photography in 2011. In recent years, he has also been active as a director of many acclaimed music videos and television commercials.
Best Before presents in a single volume the high-profile client’s works since his debut twelve years ago. The book features his celebrity portraiture, including Suzu Hirose and Masaki Suda, as well as artists like Kenshi Yonezu, Gen Hoshino, and Radwimps. It also features his advertisement photographs for brands such as Pocari Sweat. On more than 500 pages, this volume covers over 400 photographs picked by Okuyama, presenting the full breadth of Okuyama‘s highly unique work.
2018年初，一班本地攝影愛好者成立攝影組織「Ménos 心象社」，不定期舉辦攝影講座及Photo Walk等活動，2019年結集逾10位成員作品推出攝影集《Prologue》，首期主題是「Hong Kong Street」，收錄眾人的街頭攝影作品。事隔五年、經歷過疫情，第二本攝影集《也無風雨也無晴 The Weight of SilhouetteI》也於2024年底出版。
書名《也無風雨也無晴》出自北宋文學家蘇東坡的詞作《定風波》，是一種在逆境中憑心境自樂的豁達精神，回想過去數年的疫情歲月，許多人經歷過無助與憂鬱，一句「也無風雨也無晴」既是安慰，也是一種豁達。英文名稱「The Weight of Silhouette」也頗有意思，虛幻的剪影本無重量，但攝影師的拍攝注入情感，觀者也會結合個人記憶而觀看，為相片增添意義，令那刻的光影也彷彿有了重量。
2004年，東京都知事提倡「淨化歌舞伎町」，讓它成為一個能讓所有人感到安心的街區，但根深蒂固的風俗在這個區域是否就會輕易被改變？梁承佑的照片涵蓋黑幫、慾望與暴力，也有在街頭玩耍、噴跑的孩子，呈現出「淨化歌舞伎町」前後的微妙對比，也審視他們內心的溫柔和脆弱。2016年，日本攝影畫廊Zen Foto Gallery出版《新宿迷子》(Shinjuku Lost Child)，這本以新宿歌舞伎町人物為主題的黑白街頭攝影集，榮獲2017年第36屆土門拳獎，2017年得獎後再推出第二版。
這本攝影集攝是梁承佑早期的作品，攝於1999年至2006年，拍攝身邊幫派朋友的生活，將韓國黑社會聲色犬馬的日常一一記錄，取名《青春吉日》( The Best Days)，2012年首次出版。之後此書絕版一冊難求，他也憑藉2016年作品《新宿迷子》獲得土門拳賞，這本精裝版《青春吉日》在2019年出版，重新編輯過相片內容。
SHOOTING HOOPS is an exhibition at Blue Lotus Gallery and an accompanying photo book launch that showcases Austin Bell’s photographic documentation of all 2,549 outdoor basketball courts in Hong Kong.
Basketball is one of the most popular sports among Hong Kong’s young people, and outdoor courts are often found at schools, playgrounds, and public housing estates.
When US photographer Austin Bell first visited Hong Kong in 2017, he was intrigued by the color and design of the city’s basketball courts. He returned in 2019 to photograph all of them.
His project expanded to include multiple visits and documented 2,549 courts in nearly five months with over 40,000 photos. Bell was drawn to these courts for their vivid designs, often featuring bright colors and accompanying the colorful housing estates and nearby schools. This vibrancy becomes even more pronounced from above, providing a striking contrast to the city’s vertical density.
The Shooting Hoops book showcases all the courts in Hong Kong and includes additional statistics, Bell’s article, and architectural and photographic commentary on the project.
