This three-photographer exhibition, at The University of Hong Kong Libraries, has memorable photos – of Hong Kong’s natural landscape, Cantonese opera, and local street scenes. The exhibition’s main section, with nature photos by Edward Stokes, is the focus of this curator’s tour. 

The exhibition tour will explore the concepts and methods behind photo story telling; Ed’s personal and creative links between Australia and Hong Kong; the framed photo places; and the challenges – and equipment – of film landscape photography. Ed will highlight the need for a ‘seeing eye’, especially today with “easy” digital shooting.

Ed’s Hong Kong photos are exhibited in the context of his previous work in Australia – showing how his photo books there became the springboard for his later work in Hong Kong. Photo storytelling – initially envisaged through maps – is at the heart of the tour. 

The journey begins with Hong Kong’s Wild Places, Ed’s highly researched 1995 book on the local landscape and ecology. The acclaim for Wild Places led Ed to exploring, recording, and photographing much more of Hong Kong until 2005 – so creating his nature conservation photos and books exhibited in COLOURS OF HONG KONG. 

The Speaker

Edward Stokes is a well-known Hong Kong photographer and writer, publisher and curator. Born in Australia, Ed grew up here, entered the Royal Australian Naval College, and later studied at Magdalen College, Oxford.  
www.edwardstokes.com

Programme

Time: 11:00 am - 12 noon, Edward Stokes will give a guided touring about his nature photos featured in the exhibition.  Members are welcome to view further the whole exhibition afterwards (the library will closes at 5:00 pm on Saturdays)
  
Admission:In Person at $100 for members, $150 for guests /non-members (20 participants max) 

Registration: Please email <membership@royalasiaticsociety.org.hk> and provide your membership number, if applicable, at the time of registration. 

Registration will be closed at 12 noon on 21 July.