Seventh edition of Hong Kong Yesterday by Fan Ho (2020)

Medium format clothbound hardcover in fine condition. No markings. Pages clean, binding firm.

28.5 x 25 cm

112 pages

About

Hong Kong Yesterday presents a singular vision of this enigmatic city by award winning photographer, Fan Ho. Black and white images capturing life in mid-century Hong Kong range from quiet voyeuristic tableaus to chaotic crowds, most focusing on the citys inhabitants. Businessmen, families, dockworkers, alleys, markets and street scenes are all rendered in a style that is simultaneously abstract and humanistic.

Fan ho was an actor, film director and photographer. A proudly self-taught photographer photographer he shot the streets and slums of Hong Kong in the mid- twentieth century in a style that is both gritty and beautiful.