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During his more than 14 years in Hong Kong, German-born photographer Michael Wolf‘s
perspective on his adopted city has boiled down to an essence of density –
the hemmed-in, closely built environment which shapes everything from its peoples‘
lifestyles to their outlooks and even dreams. In Hong Kong Inside Outside, Wolf
collects the works of his two previous collections – Architecture of Density
and 100x100 – into a two-volume set focusing on the visual elements of one
of the world’s most crowded cities.
For Architecture of Density, Wolf‘s photographic technique removed any sky
or horizon line from his depictions of Hong Kong buildings, flattening his subjects
until they become relentless abstractions of urban expansion. It is a disorienting
vantage point, which perhaps is the spatial experience of Hong Kong’s inhabitants.
In 100x100 Wolf went deeper, taking portraits of public housing residents surrounded
by all their belongings. He obtains the same vantage point for each picture forming
a typology that allows the viewer to study how these individuals make their confined
spaces their own.
Signed, Hardcover, two volumes
352 pages
205 color illustrations
Asia One Books/Peperoni Books, 2009
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