© Panorama on the Fuji X Pan 1 on Hong Kong’s Queen Rd Central by Jack Picone
Word Play: Queens Rd Central Hong Kong – in full flight. Homogeneous mirror – glass monolithic monster phallic buildings. The bold hard exchange of commodities. More. High energy and frenzied. Pervading. Exciting but overwhelming. Brand victims walking. Want. Significant and insignificant. Sharks feeding. What’s next?
The New Territories is sometimes referred to as Hong Kong’s bedroom. It is large – larger then Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Lantau Island combined. A large quotient of Hong Kong’s population live in The New Territories. What seems like, endless miles of high-rise housing estates – dominate the skyline. Often below these estates are thriving Hong Kong Chinese communities living out their lives in a vibrant way.
© Panorama on the Fuji X Pan 1 in The New Territories by Jack Picone
Hong Kong’s subway is state of the art – no question. Advertising shouts from its walls, see me, buy me, eat me!
There was something about this image (below) I scanned as I scurried by – with battalions of Hong Kong people – that left me feeling a little despondent.
I couldn’t quite define my disquiet. Was it because the composition (body language) of the young duck suggested to me, ‘feed me’ or even perhaps ‘protect me’?
© Photograph by Jack Picone
Sometimes I think I could be a Vegetarian again. Vegetarians have a point of view that is worth considering more closely.
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Documentary Photography Masterclass Sydney November 10th 2012
In Photography News on September 7, 2012 at 5:21 AMJoin us, for what promises to be an engaging and stimulating learning experience in Documentary Photography.
© Photograph by Jack Picone
Two the world’s most recognised photographers, Stephen Dupont and Jack Picone, will unite on Saturday 10th November for a unique masterclass. This one day workshop is a rare opportunity for photographers to learn from and have their work critiqued by two of Australia’s biggest names in the photographic arena. For further details please read here: