"grassroots happy hour" (II)

Posted by hugo poon (hong kong, Hong Kong) on 16 January 2009 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.

"Check!"

Hot or cold, wet or dry, nothing could stop them from coming and have fun... A busy street corner in the daytime, an exciting "battlefield" in the evening. Managed to find a narrow gap between two spectators to get a few shots.:-)
(The street and spectators: http://www.pbase.com/hpicckcy/image/108182182)

Centre Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong

This is a documentary series of the places and streets I'm passing by everyday... Somehow I feel lucky to have found (or been found by) 'photography', without which I would not have kept that "sense of wonder" of the child or the traveler, and this daily journey to and from office would not have been such enjoyable...

I do not regard myself as a photographer. I'm merely a guy who enjoys capturing all the memorable scenes that I encounter in my everyday life. Perhaps, it's like a traveller hoping to record his memorable journey, but in my case, it's the journey of my life ... If I can record my encounters in such a way that they leave an image on the mind of myself and other viewers, it's a tremendous joy and some accomplishment...
In terms of photography, I'm trying to preserve the moments as my eyes see "something" and my heart feels it too. As such, I seldom feel interested in planned, arranged or manipulated photographs...

http://www.pbase.com/hpicckcy

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