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Street Photography in Hong Kong: From Fan Ho to the Modern Masters

From Fan Ho to today’s modern masters, how Hong Kong’s dense, contradictory streets became one of the world’s great stages for street photography.

Sakiko Nomura (野村佐紀子): The Poetry of Light and Shadow

Shaped by Nobuyoshi Araki yet entirely her own, Sakiko Nomura photographs intimacy through restraint: stillness and silence etched in light and shadow.

Hans Kemp: Photography That Requires Participation

Dutch photojournalist Hans Kemp on Bikes of Burden, Divine Encounters, and a career built on participating in the Asian life he photographs.

Hiroji Kubota: The Pursuit of Beauty

One of the first Asian photographers to join Magnum, Hiroji Kubota built a career documenting the Far East and the beauty of ordinary life.

Masahisa Fukase: Making Masterpieces Out Of A Tragic Life

Masahisa Fukase turned loss, loneliness and depression into Ravens, celebrated as one of the finest photobooks ever made.

Edvard Munch’s Photography Beyond The Scream

Long before The Scream made him famous, Edvard Munch was experimenting with a cheap Kodak, turning blur, distortion and ‘mistakes’ into poetry.

Documentary Films On Photography And The Greats

Four documentary films offering an intimate portrait of Saul Leiter, Vivian Maier, Elliott Erwitt and Steve McCurry.

A Tribute To Legendary Photographer And Artist William Klein

A tribute to William Klein (1928-2022), the street and fashion photographer, filmmaker and designer whose restless work reshaped 20th-century image-making.

Life is an act: Fan Ho’s cinematic street photography

Fan Ho brought a filmmaker’s eye to Hong Kong’s streets, turning light, shadow and everyday scenes into some of the most cinematic photographs ever made.

Saul Leiter, a photographer with a painter’s eye

Saul Leiter broke every rule of composition and championed colour before the art world was ready, making quiet, painterly frames from ordinary New York streets.

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