"refused to die" (II)

Posted by hugo poon (hong kong, Hong Kong) on 7 February 2009 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.

Just as I was wandering around the scene trying to compose a better shot, the repair worker arrived and started fixing it... "I haven't finished shooting yet!" I almost yelled.

Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

I do not regard myself as a photographer. I'm an ordinary man but extraordinarily obsessed with capturing all the memorable scenes that I encounter in my everyday life. It's like an excited traveller craving to record his memorable journey in a memorable way, 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...