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<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> <strong>Photographs</strong>,<br />
<strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
from the collection of<br />
Lee Ka-sing and Holly Lee
<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> <strong>Photographs</strong>,<br />
<strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
from the collection of<br />
Lee Ka-sing and Holly Lee
<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> <strong>Photographs</strong>, <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
from the collection of Lee Ka-sing and Holly Lee<br />
First published in Canada by OCEAN POUNDS<br />
April, 2023<br />
ISBN: 978-1-989845-62-2<br />
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in<br />
Publication<br />
Photography, <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong><br />
Title -<br />
<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> <strong>Photographs</strong>, <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
from the collection of Lee Ka-sing and Holly Lee<br />
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Two Women (Gloucester Road, 1961) •<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
Taken on Gloucester Road, Wanchai, an area in the red light district bristling with bars and restaurants<br />
frequented by expatriates and seamen in the U.S. navy.<br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Edition, edition 16/20, signed on verso
<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> Festival (Statue Square, <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> & Shanghai Bank, 1969)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
Crowds turned out by the hundreds in the first <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> Festival in 1969. Two more <strong>Hong</strong><br />
<strong>Kong</strong> festivals were subsequently held, in 1971 and 1973.<br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 2/100, signed on verso
Celebration (Wong Tai Sin Resettlement Estate, 1965)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
Edition 1/100, signed on verso
Blissful Downpour after a long drought (Castle Peak Road, Shamshuipo, 1963)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> was hit by a severe drought in 1963-4, during which water supply was restricted to<br />
4 hours per 4 days. These boys were rapt to see the pouring rain and rushed to embrace the free<br />
shower.<br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Train Junction (Ma Liu Shui, 1963)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
signed on verso
Smiling Faces (Rooftop school, Wong Tai Sin, 1965)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Car Park (1963)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
signed and titled on verso
King <strong>Kong</strong> (Shaw Movie Town, 1974)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Edition, edition 12/20, signed on verso
The Bank of China Building (1963)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
The <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> Bank Building (1963)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Des Voeux Road Central, near Western Market (1964)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Tramway (Hennessy Road, Wan Chai 1963)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Connaught Road Central (1964)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Private Cars and Public Bus (Castle Peak Road, 1963)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Memorial Day Ceremony (Central 1968)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Harbour View of Victoria Peak, left (60s) •<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 4/100, signed on verso
Harbour View of Victoria Peak, right (60s) •<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Say Cheese! (Wan Chai 1966)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Classic automobile 171 (Shaw Movie town 1971)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Fishermen’s Squatters in Cheung Chau (1961)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Chinese Maid in Central Market (1963)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 8/100, signed on verso
On The Road with a Lantern (Thompson Road 1961)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 1/100, signed on verso
Sidewalk Photo Service (1963)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Selection, edition 4/100, signed on verso
Snatching the Crackers in Bun Festival (Cheung Chau 1966)<br />
by <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong><br />
8x10 inch, gelatin silver photograph printed in the nineties<br />
OP Edition, edition 05/20, signed on verso
<strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong> 邱 良 (1941-1997)<br />
<strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong> was born in <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong>. He is<br />
one of the most significant and accomplished<br />
documentary photographers in the city. Working<br />
in a style inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson and<br />
Robert Frank, he captured the very essence of<br />
the City through evocative images - its bustling<br />
streets, people and activities frozen in pivotal<br />
moments. <strong>Yau</strong> <strong>Leung</strong> worked as a photographer<br />
for studios in his earlier days, and later as editor<br />
for photography magazines, helping to promote<br />
the work of others. Through his busy life, <strong>Yau</strong> had<br />
not ceased to be an active photographer, he kept<br />
pursuing his lifelong project of documenting <strong>Hong</strong><br />
<strong>Kong</strong>, until his accidental death in 1997. His body<br />
of work, indisputably forms the most important and<br />
fascinating social documentary of people living in<br />
<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> from the 1960s to the 1990s. <strong>Yau</strong> has<br />
several monographs published: 60s/70s Image of<br />
<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> (1992); 60s/90s Growing Up in <strong>Hong</strong><br />
<strong>Kong</strong> (1994); Photo <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> 1950s-1970s<br />
(1996); City Vibrance: <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> 1940s-1990s<br />
(1997); Images of <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> 1960s-1970s<br />
(1999).
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