one day in my life
"set me free..."
Posted by hugo poon (hong kong, Hong Kong) on 28 June 2012 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.
"No Parking Against Prison Wall" says the sign.
Solitude is a state of seclusion or isolation, lack of contact with people or love, yet what's captivating about it is its mysteriously turning misery and banality into a sentimental poem... Here's "the solitude album".
(Victoria Prison, Chancery Lane, Central, Hong Kong - "Victoria Prison (域多利監獄) was Hong Kong's first prison. A testimony to the evolution of Hong Kong's correctional services, it had been the centre of the local prison system until it ceased operation in December 2005. As part of the Central Police Station Compound, Victoria Prison is a declared monument of Hong Kong." Wikipedia)
Fujifilm FinePix X100 1/30 second F/2.8 ISO 1600 23 mm |
x100 | solitude | victoria-prison | fav |
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...
@k@: It's simply incredible how you've got almost every element and the whole picture so accurate... If you don't mind, I'd love to tell you the Next step of this story (just hope it won't spoil the romance). It's a Friday night and I was waiting for a good friend of mine (who's infamous for his habit of being late). Like you said, I was standing in the dark, watching, and this lady caught my mind... Must be more than half an hour that I'd been waiting and so was this lady, talking on her cell phone (to her lover). My friend finally arrived. He'd never say sorry in the past but that night he behaved like an embarrassed young kid; awkwardly he said he was sorry and then added that he'd got someone to introduce to me - his new girl friend. Oh my...
@Tu Tu Girl: What a beautiful poem Tu Tu! I'm so charmed and touched! Thank you so much!
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