*Hong Kong Parenting*
Ricoh GR1 + Kodak TMax 400
We were walking down the jetty in Sai Kung on a wet spring day when I spotted this kid. I think I’d already spotted him once. He was lounging on a folding chair, protected by a large umbrella watching a movie on a tablet. That’s modern parenting, Hong Kong style for you!
*Red Umbrella*
Fuji XT3
It’s incredible how a harsh sun will exacerbate strong colours, creating very contrasty scenes. This was shot in the streets of Peng Chau and I like it a lot.
*Public Shower*
Fuji XT3
To be fair it was brutally hot in Peng Chau, but I didn’t expect to see a man showering from a public tap…
*Nap Time*
Fuji XT3
For Dragonboat festival we went to Peng Chau so we could see the boat races without massive crowds to deal with. It was fun, and one of the things I focused on was the periphery of the festival. The heat was brutal, and some of the organisers rested in the water in between races, including this guy with his flip flops.
*Connecting*
Fuji x100F
On sundays, Victoria Park and the surrounding areas are filled with Indonesian helpers getting together. It’s their day off, they get together, eat food they prepared for each other, play music, sing prayers. It’s both colourful and moving. But with the Black March yesterday, their usual meeting grounds were teeming with people. I imagine many of them stayed home, or met elsewhere, but still a few of these Indonesian helpers were to be seen alongside the roads where the protestors marched. I nabbed this quick shot because I loved the smiles on their faces and the bare feet.
*Hong Kong in the Streets*
Fuji x100F
Today, for the third time in a week, Hong Kong is in the streets. Last Sunday, over 1m people walked peacefully to the LegCo (the seat of the HK government) in opposition of a proposed law enabling Chinese authorities to extradite anyone to be tried in China. Last Wednesday, when the law was supposed to be debated, another walk was savagely repressed, causing one death and shocking those who walked as well as those who didn’t. The law was postponed yesterday, but today a third march (apparently peaceful from what I could see) was maintained. I didn’t do the whole walk but was in the middle of the crowd for a while. This is not a fantastic shot, but it’s a tribute to the brave citizens who made their will known.
*The Faceless Man*
Fuji XT3
The bad guy in the really fun novel series The Rivers of London is a guy called « the faceless man ». When I took this picture in London, I wasn’t thinking about those books, but interestingly enough, the early morning sun burned my subject’s face and while you’d normally consider that a failed shot, there’s something a little magical about how it comes out here.
*Fishmonger*
Ricoh GR1 + JCH 400
On my last Sham Shui Po photowalk I discovered the wet market. Wet markets in Hong Kong are nearly all inside, probably because of the stifling heat for 6 months in the year. I wasn’t sure how my Ricoh GR1 would fare with 400 ISO film, so I switched the tiny little flash unit to auto. To be fair, I was never sure the flash worked or not, because the lights inside were powerful. Anyway, this was my best shot from there, catching the motion of the fishmonger cutting up the fish.
*Lazy Afternoon*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Fuji Pro 400H
Walking the streets of Yaowarat towards the middle of the afternoon definitely felt like the calm before the storm. The streets were quiet, street food vendors were smiling and not very busy. A few hours later, once the sun set, it was an entirely different story with crowds of locals and tourists alike sampling the wares (although which tourist in his right mind would want to try durian, I’m not sure…)
*Subway Cylinder*
Fuji XT3
Going up this escalator, I noticed the way that the ceiling tiling was reflected in the shiny metal divider between the up and down escalator. I struck out my arm and shot as flat as I could (this is corrected for tilt). What I did not expect was that visually the tiling and the reflection would create such a compelling cylinder.
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