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Hong Kong

Final chapter: Found in Hong Kong

A few weeks after I reluctantly moved away from Hong Kong, I spent my New Year's eve sending hundreds of photos to designer Janet McKelpin at ThingsAsian Press. The Man and I were ringing in the holiday on a beach …

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Urban Blues

Cyanotype print of Hong Kong scaffolding on 100% cotton paper, 11 x 14 inches, illustration from H is for Hong Kong (2008) Hong Kong is fragmented by language and geography: Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, English and Cantonese carve up …

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Delectable Travels

Hand tinted Cyanotype Illustration from H is for Hong Kong, 2008 While some of the most interesting people I know are eating their way around the world, I’ve never given food much airtime here. Yet one of the most immediate …

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Beautiful Boats

Detail of painting on Thai paper, 70 x 100cm, 2010 This is the image many have of Hong Kong – a junk cruising the waters of one of the finest harbors of the world, sails spread to catch the breeze. But …

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References

My small studio littered with photos after a week of painting Scattered across my studio tables are reference materials for paintings and my favorite fuel: coffee and a trail mix. I’ll often use small-edition books with classic photos to get …

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Risking it All: Painting [Hong Kong]

All dressed up to paint at the Venetian Macau, 2007 RISKING IT ALL A few summers ago I was still learning how to breathe Hong Kong’s polluted air and wondering what the hell I was doing there. I had left …

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Photo Book Exhibition

This Saturday I’ll be exhibiting my book Lost and Found: Hong Kong at the Australian Centre for Photography‘s Winter Book Fair in Sydney. Four HK-based photographers and I contributed images to the book, which was published last year. Stop by …

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