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Revisiting History of Photography in Hong Kong and Mainland
Progressing in the Clash between Tradition and Anti-Tradition
Works by Thirty Renowned Photographers Departed from “Photo Pictorial” Magazine
‘Tradition / anti-Tradition: Departed from Hong Kong “Photo Pictorial” Magazine…’ was unveiled this weekend as the second major exhibition of the Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2014. Participated by thirty leading photographers from Hong Kong and Mainland China with works spanning across half a century, the exhibition will present both images previously published in “Photo Pictorial” and new works created in recent years. By tracing the changing mode of expressions and concepts of these works, the exhibition endeavors to examine the gradual development of photography across Hong Kong and Mainland China and their mutual influence. Curator Joseph Fung indicated that the exhibition can show “how the creative spectrum is broadened through the shift from traditional styles of expression to anti-traditional conceptual works.”
Exhibition opening officiated by Florence Hui, Under Secretary for Home Affairs.
Florence in a guided tour led by Curator Joseph Fung (2nd from left), accompanied by Alfred Ko (1st from left), Chairman of Hong Kong International Photo Festival, and Tse Ming-Chong (1st from right), Senior Lecturer of the Hong Kong Design Institute and Academic Coordinator of the exhibition
At the exhibition site.
Download high-res photos: http://goo.gl/oGW7M3
For more information, please refer to the attached Press Release.
‘Tradition/ anti-Tradition: Departed From Hong Kong “Photo Pictorial” Magazine…’ Exhibition
Date: 13 September – 26 October (closed every Tuesday)
Time: 10:00 – 20:00
Venue: HKDI Gallery, Hong Kong Design Institute
Through the retrospect of Hong Kong “Photo Pictorial” which was first published fifty years ago, this exhibition endeavors to examine the transformation of photography in Hong Kong and Mainland China in the last half a century. By observing and comparing the work of photographers from the two regions, we can find similarities and differences on the ideas and topics of the images as well as the mutual influence between two places. All participating photographers are leading figures of their generations. A review of their early and recent works allows us to grasp the changes in their expression formats and concepts.