Photographer Fan Ho’s never-before-seen Hong Kong images on show in exhibition and new book
Portrait of Hong Kong - Ho’s final book project - showcases a more documentary style of photography compared with the stylised street scenes of 1930s to 1960s Hong Kong for which he was known
A new book featuring the works of photographer Fan Ho, one of Hong Kong’s best known photographers, who died last year aged 84, includes images never seen before.
Portrait of Hong Kong - Ho’s final book project - shows old Hong Kong streets, quaint corners and harbour views photographed in the 1950s and ’60s.
It will be launched to coincide with an exhibition, “Visual Dialogues: Hong Kong through the Lens of Fan Ho”, at Sotheby’s in Pacific Place from June 14-30. It is the biggest selling exhibition yet of Ho’s works, featuring more than 30 photographs, including some previously unseen portraits.
The images in the book have a more natural, almost documentary style, and are very different to the highly stylised street photography that lovers of Ho’s work are familiar with. The book has a foreword by film director John Woo and includes an essay by academic Joseph Fung and biographical notes compiled by Sarah Greene, director of Blue Lotus Gallery in Chai Wan.