https://www.scmp.com/rss/510261/feed From conflicts in Africa to the flames in Vietnam, Frank Fischbeck’s cameras have won him the Overseas Press Club of America citation for his work in China where he covered for LIFE Magazine the ‘Ping Pong’ diplomacy prior to Richard Nixon’s arrival in Beijing in 1972. As a photojournalist it was second nature for him to continue to chronicle Hong Kong’s evolution as it unfolded before him, by extending his career into publishing through the creation of FormAsia Books Limited in 1977. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Towers of glass and steel project the futuristic image of a Hong Kong that has traditionally discarded its own past on a path to establishing its place in the world as a major global entrepot. Physical remnants of yesterday have often been obliterated in collision with a society whose eyes were firmly fixed on visions of tomorrow and the hope it held. Yet while the all-consuming modernity of Hong Kong’s 21st century urban milieu has erased much tangible evidence of old Hong Kong, even now potent... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/3140167/old-photos-1970s-hong-kong-show-city-instantly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/3140167/old-photos-1970s-hong-kong-show-city-instantly?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jul 2021 02:15:12 +0000