Fan Ho. Il maestro della fotografia di Hong Kong

The exhibition presents one hundred photographs taken mainly between the 1950s and 1960s, through which Fan Ho (1931-2016) portrays urban life in Hong Kong with a personal and recognisable gaze. Born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong at the age of eighteen, the photographer focused his research on the everyday life of the city and its inhabitants: workers, street vendors, children and passers-by become the protagonists of images capable of conveying the dignity, toil and resilience of everyday life. Streets, markets and alleys are transformed into scenarios of strong visual intensity thanks to rigorous compositions, essential geometric lines, marked contrasts and a particularly effective use of light. Shadows, backlighting and chiaroscuro give life to almost cinematic images, suspended between realism and abstraction. The itinerary comp