Simon Evans Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I have just stumbled (literally, using the app "stumble upon") across this photographer and felt that I had to share these photos. Fan ho is, or was before he retired, a Chinese film director and actor; however back in the 1949 he had just arrived in Hong Kong from Shanghai aged 15. The photos on these pages are stunning, I visited Hong Kong many times during my time in the Navy but these photos are like a different world to the Hong Kong of today. take a look http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/hong-kong-in-the-1950s-captured-by-a-teenager/ I have found an interview with the photographer from 2013 here with more stunning photographs http://leicaliker.com/2013/01/11/fan-ho-hong-kong-master-street-photographer-1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhandol Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thanks for posting Simon. Wow! Fan Ho is a Street Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brooks Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Wow !! thanks for posting Simon. Spectacular street photographs. What a great site. I notice Fan Ho is a retired film director and actor. Stanley Kubrick, the famous American film director, started out as a still photojournalist for Look magazine. Must be a connection there. Good advice for all photographers from Fan Ho: “I feel technique is not too important. It’s more important to use your eyes, mind and heart. Technique is something everyone can do. If you want to take your photography to a higher level, you must tell something. Move something. You must feel it when you make the photograph and that will take you to a higher level. Photography needs to be haunting and worth remembering.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Fascinating! Thanks, Simon. I wonder if there is anyone else in the forum old enough to remember seeing the original rickshaws in Hong Kong? I mean the ones pulled by a man, as in Fan Ho's images, not pedicabs. They were still being used in the early '70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I don't remember rickshaws, but I do remember the early 70's (sort of). I guess you could say that rickshaws were the Uber of their day. Love the HK pics and the interview. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Thanks for sharing that Simon - simply amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Fascinating! Thanks, Simon. I wonder if there is anyone else in the forum old enough to remember seeing the original rickshaws in Hong Kong? I mean the ones pulled by a man, as in Fan Ho's images, not pedicabs. They were still being used in the early '70s. Not HK but they still use them here albeit mainly as a tourist attraction http://www.alamy.com/search/imageresults.aspx?qt=Rickshaw%20pattaya&imgt=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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