Backstage

There is just so much to see at all scales in Hong Kong: world-class vistas, architectural wonders, but also, curiosities at the human level. For anyone with an interest in architecture, urbanism, but also accidental design and informal spaces and the place of man in the city, it is an absolute playground. For the photographer, it is a dazzling, never ending documentation project.

But sometimes the simplest pleasures can be found in the simplest things, so I have here gathered a selection of photographs in the simplest colors, of stark contrasts, dark shades and luminous textures, in which sometimes tiny dwellers can be found roaming. The city then takes the shape of an abstract labyrinth, sometimes suffocating, sometimes enlightening, but never plain and full of quirks.

It is unfortunate that in the name of business, efficiency and “progress”, these textures are becoming undesirable and the “new” is often seen with the “uniform”. We hope that you’ll also perceive that even in its messiness, contradictions and the crust it grew from time, Hong Kong can proudly bear its own beauty.

by Guillaume HOW-CHOONG

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