Meeting the Author Night
Hedda Morrison's Hong Kong: Photographs & Impressions 1946-47
Speaker: Mr Edward Stokes and Mr Victor Cheong
Date: 22 September 2005 (Thursday)
Time: 7:15pm - 9:00pm
Venue: 1/F, New Wing, Main Library, HKU
Language: English
About the Book
Hedda Morrison's Hong Kong: Photographs & Impressions 1946-47
In 1946 the photographer Hedda Morrison, acclaimed for her 1930s and 1940s images of China, arrived in Hong Kong. During about six months there she photographed virtually every aspect of local life, which was little changed from decades earlier -- yet destined soon to be transformed.
This book presents Morrison's compelling, intimate documentary images of Hong Kong, its people and patterns of life, with narrative essays by Edward Stokes that vividly describe the postwar years. These unrivalled photographs, superbly printed at Harvard University from Hedda Morrison's original negatives, hold up a mirror to a vanished world.
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At the talk, the author will share with the audience the development of the book, from the discovery ten years ago of the photos through to printing the book.
About the Speakers
Mr Edward Stokes is a photographer, writer and author; an Australian, he has travelled extensively in Asia. After completing a number of books on Australian history, together with photographs, in 1993 he moved to Hong Kong. In 1997, in collaboration with others, he founded the Hongkong Conservation Photography Foundation. Since then, as its Director, he as photographed, written and published five HKCP Foundation books.
Mr Victor Cheong is the Design Director of the Design Associate Ltd. He is the chief designer of this greatly admired book.