Day 363

Day 360

Social Documentary Photography:  I think this photograph epitomises what this project has been about.  To the casual viewer it is just a number of people crossing a road, however, a camera allows you to step into communities and situations and take a look and also to step back, reflect and comment. Contemporary documentary photography is not a unified form but neither is it a defunct or endangered area of photographic practice. It is simply that its contexts, visual styles and the motivations of the photographers are various.
As this project draws to a close it has focused mainly on the life and times of people in Hong Kong over the last year, from the mundane to the opportunist photograph that reflects some of the drama, humour and the mundane of life as it unfolded in front of the camera.  Hong Kong is a unique city frenetic at times yet also some of the characters that form this project remain reflective and still.  The images isolated,  act as a mirror of my own interaction with the people and also capture a moment in time where the viewer is but an observer on a moment that has immediately passed and will never be again.

Day 321

New Boots and Panties

Boots bag and wellies...all matching well almost I almost felt like running after this lady to get a front view but then the man jumping in the frame like an Edvard Munch figure leaves the image with an eerie edge to it. Scream meets Kathy Aitchison...an interesting concept for a Fa Yeung Street as yest untapped.

Day 284

Day 282 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny

Day 281 Dogging and keeping Cool

Whilst out doing some photos of people out dogging in Hong Kong I came across this mercurial man and his really cool dog. Literally Cool. He had converted a cool box usually reserved for beer and sandwiches and had made a very cool dog house. No more Hot Dog, no more sizzling little hottie, the base had two layers of frozen ice then a layer of insulation, pink of course, for the dog. In the underside of the lid he had fitted a small battery operated fan and as you can see a matching blue umbrella. Take note Steve Jobs this could be the next big thing in the dogging world!

Day 251

Rain Rain go away come again another day.

Day 166

Dog Shoulder

Day 162

Day 155

Simon Smith and the amazing dancing bear!

Day 115

Away from the sledge

Day 54

New Boots and Panties!!
The title derives from Ian Dury's habit of buying clothes second hand, and refers to the only items he insisted on buying from new.

Day 52

Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet -

A timid dog barks more violently than it bites.