Fan Ho – approaching shadow, 1954.
Toronto. While searching for photographic historica, George Dunbar came across the works of a Chinese (Hong Kong) photographer, Fan Ho on the South Korean website called, “Public Delivery“.
George writes, “Some wonderful ‘street photography’ in China by Fan Ho. He has been compared to Henri Cartier-Bresson. I certainly appreciate this amazing talent, will you?”
I have been a fan of Cartier Bresson and Paul Strand for many years. When I first saw this image by Fan Ho, it reminded me of Paul Strand’s arresting 1915 photograph titled, “Wall Street“.
Note. The title is a riff on the mid 1960s TV series, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”. At one time Hong Kong was a British colony and later a protectorate. After the 99 year lease, in 1997, it reverted to China. And China is sometimes called, “The Middle Kingdom” as I discovered in my days of reading The Globe and Mail.
