De lui, on retiendra évidemment ses noir et blanc du Hong Kong des années 1950 et 1960. Lumineux, délicats, poétiques. Comme lui probablement. On aime à le croire en tout cas. Né en 1931, le photographe Fan Ho nous a quittés le 19 juin 2016.
Son amour de la photographie avait commencé très tôt, treize ans à peine, à Shanghai. Puis à travers les rues de Hong Kong. Dans le secret d'une chambre noire improvisée dans la salle de bain familiale, il apprendra tout seul. Avec un Rolleiflex, en dévorant les livres d'art et de poésie, en filant voir des films et en envoyant ses clichés à tous les concours possibles et imaginables de par le monde.
La série Hong Kong Yesterday reste &eacu...
Press release
M97 is pleased to present ON THE STAGE OF LIFE, a solo exhibition of vintage silver gelatin prints by Fan Ho, one of the great masters of black and white photography. This is Fan Ho’s second solo exhibition at M97.
The exhibition features a selection of vintage prints developed by the artist close to the time the image was captured, including some award winning photographs like ‘Street Scene’. The exhibition provides an insightful look at the artist’s long stretching career, giving the viewer a rare chance to deepen the understanding and importance of this exceptional artist in the context of the history of Asian and Western photography.
“On the Stage of Life” (1954), is one of Fan Ho’s most iconic photographs and was taken at the early age of 23 while stud...
This is Fan Ho’s first solo exhibition at M97 and the first ever exhibition of the artist’s photographs in his native Shanghai, where he started his career at the age of fourteen.
The "Into The Light" exhibition features a selection of vintage prints developed by the artist in the dark room close to the time the image was captured, including some award winning photographs like ‘Construction’. The exhibition provides an insightful look at the artist’s long stretching career, giving the viewer a rare chance to deepen the understanding and importance of this exceptional artist in the context of the history of Asian and Western photography.
Fan Ho, nicknamed ‘the great master’, earned his fame as one of Asia’s most beloved photographers capturing the soul of Hon...