ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Prominent geometric lines and shapes, as well as dynamic interplay between textures and shades of light are all presence around our living city. The same also applies to the densely-packed city of Hong Kong, where was never short of scenes from everyday life that can be selected and culled then turned into some photographic compositions with strong geometric context. This photo was captured at night in Central, with street lamps beyond the background as the only available light source. A person was crossing the box junction in a hurry manner while still managed to speak on the phone. I think this photo is a metaphorical representation of the busy lives people are having in Hong Kong.
Central, Hong Kong.
AUTHOR
Born in 1994, Jason Au is an award-winning fine art photographer based in Hong Kong. He specialises in black and white photography and has a specific interest in street photography and portraiture. His high aesthetic works often incorporate creative, geometric and balanced compositions, with prominent use of contrasting light and shadows, along with dynamic interplay between texture and forms.
His ongoing project ‘Geometric Hong Kong’ is a street photography series which portrays the way of life of urban characters in the context of their surrounding geometric environment, with the photographic approach of isolating urban subjects, geometric element and forms from the chaotic environment of Hong Kong – which works metaphorically to imply the notion of urbanity as well as contemporary way of life within modern metropolis like Hong Kong.
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