A highly regarded photographic monograph by celebrated photographer Fan Ho, presenting his poetic vision of mid-20th-century Hong Kong. Hong Kong Yesterday brings together Fan Ho’s distinctive black-and-white photographs of Hong Kong during the 1950s and 1960s. His images are especially admired for their dramatic use of light, shadow, geometry and human figures, transforming everyday street scenes into carefully balanced and atmospheric compositions. The photographs portray a Hong Kong that has largely disappeared: narrow streets, harbour life, workers, pedestrians and quiet moments of daily life captured during a period of rapid social and urban change. One of the photographs visible in this copy is Fan Ho’s celebrated “Approaching Shadow”, an image renowned for its powerful geometric composition and contrast between a solitary figure, architecture and light. Photographer: Fan Ho Title: Hong Kong Yesterday Publisher: Modernbook Editions Publisher location shown in this copy: San Francisco Language: English Binding: Cloth-bound hardcover Subject: Hong Kong street photography / documentary photography Original publication year: 2006 The exact printing year and edition number of this particular copy cannot be confirmed from the pages shown in the photographs. The work was originally published by Modernbook Editions in 2006 and was subsequently issued in several later printings. The title page also credits texts by Mark Pinsukanjana and Bryan Yedinak. Fan Ho’s photographs are particularly distinguished by their cinematic atmosphere and precise manipulation of natural light. Rather than functioning only as historical documentation, the images possess a strong graphic and almost abstract quality, making the book attractive both to collectors of photography and to admirers of twentieth-century Asian visual culture. The cloth-covered binding with inset cover photograph gives the publication an elegant presentation suitable for a serious photography collection. Please carefully examine all photographs provided, as they form an important part of the condition description. A desirable photobook for collectors interested in Hong Kong, Asian photography, street photography and important twentieth-century photographic monographs.