Hong Kong - Feldore McHugh

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of the world's most fascinating cities, an intriguing mix of old and new. I'm fortunate enough to have a sister that lives here, so have visited several times. For street photographers it's superb, with so much of life going on in the narrow backstreets.

Central Plaza
The impressive Central Plaza and surroundings, Hong Kong.
Old and New
Buildings old and new in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Flyover
A furturistic-looking street scene in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong
Recycled
A sadly common sight on the streets of Hong Kong; elderly people pushing around trolleys piled with cardboard for recycling, to make a little bit of money.
Hammertime
A man hammering a bit of metal outside his tiny workshop, Hong Kong.
Striped Shirt
A man in a striped shirt. And a Hong Kong backdrop.
Dark Towers
More impressive modern architecture in Central District, Hong Kong.
Down Tools
Construction workers take a well-earned break in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong.
Touching the Void
A rather impressive skyscraper in Central district, Hong Kong.
Kowloon Cowboy
In Central district, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Chef
A chef glimpsed through a steamy window in a Hong Kong cafe.
Lunch Break
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ICC
The International Commerce Centre (ICC), Hong Kong's tallest building, with appropriate storm clouds looming behind, as we approach the 20th anniversary of the British handover back to China tomorrow.
Hong Kong Past, Present and Future
A vaguely appropriate image for the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong, as it sails into a slightly uncertain waters. As an aside, during my visit I bought, in a street market, a reproduction of what was supposedly a vintage picture of a junk like this. It was marked '1885' - but when I studied the background very closely I could see some suspiciously modern looking towerblocks! So this picture reminds me of that!
You've Been Framed
Many street signs in central Hong Kong. I waited ages for someone to stand in that gap in the middle :)
Hong Kong Street Life
A typical Hong Kong street scene.
Reflections on Age
An elderly woman on a Hong Kong street
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream?
A man sleeping in a Hong Kong shop selling coffins.
Police Box
Apparently boxes like these, found on Hong Kong streets, are used by police to store their notebooks at the end of a patrol. Seems strangely old-fashioned in the modern world!
Waiting Man
Hong Kong
Terminator
Central District, Hong Kong
Electric Blue
A very blue skyscraper, Hong Kong
Floating Fish
Fish for sale in a boat, Yim Tin Tsai, Hong Kong.
Yim Tin Tsai
Beautiful colours around this window. The village, on an island in the New Territories, was first settled in the Nineteeth century by Hakka people who were later converted to Christianity by missionaries. The community gradually diminished and was completely abandoned 20 or 30 years ago, with the houses left to rot. In recent years it has become something of a tourist attraction.

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