eyescoffee
Hong Kong based Black/White Photographer
香港的黑白攝影人 IG@ eyescoffee
沉溺影像 INDULGE | Hong Kong Cityscape
Black & White photography, shooting 2019-2024 the changing Hong Kong, street photography and urban images, which not only records reality, but also records one’s own personal emotion along the journey of pandemic, wave of migration, and economic ups and downs. Compared with "collective memory", I am more interested in "personal memory". It maintains a kind of mystery in images, originating from our childhood, dreams, memories, life and death. When I look at the world of images, it is between reality and illusion. Through images, we can see a world that is broader and more real than reality.
Photography is a kind of record, and it is easy to fall into the conclusion that photography is just a "photo-copy" of reality, which then dominates the interpretation process..
Photography is both science and art. People may experience life and death when watching a movie. This is obviously fake, but it feels very real. An image freezes a certain moment in the eternal timeline, but a series of images can construct another dimension of time and space that extends from it. Photography is related to the real world. When I look at the world of images, it is between reality and illusion. It is full of mystery. There seems to be a story connection between the images and the flow of time, including the feelings of the photographer and the viewer, through images we can see a world that is broader and more real than reality.
The word “Indulge" today perfectly describes the behaviour of sharing images on social media. The use of the word "indulge" has no derogatory connotation. On the contrary, it represents a love for images. We should cherish this opportunity to think about the deeper meaning behind the images. The images I took are urban images from 2019-2024, from Hong Kong, which is undergoing rapid change. The creation of meaning is dynamic, not static, and it is worthy of our continuous thinking.
攝影是一種記錄，這容易跌入攝影只是等於現實的「影印」(photo - copy)的結論，繼而主導解讀過程。
攝影既是科學，又是藝術。人在觀看電影時的體驗，當中可能經歴生命和死亡，這明顯地就是假的，但是感覺卻很真實。一個影像凝固了永恒的時間線中的某一刻， 但是一系列影像可以建構出一種由此伸延出的另一個維度的時間空間。攝影和現實世界有關連，我看影像的世界是界乎真實與虛幻之間，是充滿神秘性，影像之間似有還無的故事關連以及時間的流動，其中包括拍攝者和觀看者的感覺，透過影像我們可以看到比現實更廣濶和更真實的世界。
「沉溺影像」這個字眼放在今天，正好形容社交媒體分享影像的行為。這𥚃使用「沉溺」這個詞語沒有貶義，相反這代表一種對於影像的熱愛，應該珍惜這種機會去思考影像背後更深一層的意義是什麼。我拍攝的是2019- 2024的城市影像，來自正在快速改變中的香港，意義的𧗠生是動態，不是靜態，值得我們不斷去思考。
This is a new world that can be described as cognitive but unfamiliar.
Images can produce more meaning when what is recorded no longer exists, when people, objects, and things have become the past.
For modern people living in the city, I believe that images provide a way of meditation, sorting out our own chaotic thoughts. The past transitions to the present, and the present transitions to the future, allowing us to think about the meaning of time.
這是一個可謂認知，但陌生的新世界。
影像能產生更多意義，是當所記錄的已經不復存在，當人、物件、事情已經成為過去。
對於處身都市中的現代人，我相信影像提供了一種如同冥想的途徑，整理我們本身混亂的思想，過去過渡到現在，現在過渡到未來，我們去思考有關時間的意義。
From darkness to hope, the cover photo shows the back of a person walking to the exit of a shopping mall, which is a symbol of facing the future.
黑白攝影，拍攝2019-2024轉變中的香港的街拍和城市影像，既是記錄現實，又是記錄自身的個人情緖，經歴了疫情、移民潮、經濟起伏。相對於「集體回憶」，我對「個人回憶」更感興趣，它保持了影像中的一種神秘性，源自我們的童年、夢境、記憶、生命和死亡。我看影像的世界是界乎真實與虛幻之間，透過影像我們可以看到比現實更廣濶和更真實的世界。
從黑暗走到希望，封面相片是一個人走到商場出口的背影，這是面對未來的象徵。
30cm x 23cm, 84 pages, hardcover
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EastPro, Flat 9A, Hyde Centre, 223 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay (Near CWB MTR Exit C)
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