1st place
gold star award
Doug Caplan
canada 
title
Hong Kong Brutal Compressions
Spending many years in the construction industry, Doug has developed a passion for the urban environment wrapped in the architecture that surrounds it, often presenting images with an abstract point of view. A signature feature of Doug’s work is the intentional lack of human interaction and the frequent inclusion of reflections and repetitive patterns to infer human existence and creativity. Each image can be considered a fragment of awareness that, when added to the collective body of work, combines to form a single idea or thought.
There's a mystery in everything and everything is connected.
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entry description
This portfolio explores the brutal compressions of Hong Kong architecture from a street level point of view. Hong Kong is one of the most population-dense cities in the world. The average apartment size is about 450 square feet but most live in apartments less than 200 square feet. The true feel for the living compression that most Hong Kongers exist in can only been seen and experienced from the ground where the architecture surrounds you.about the photographer
Doug is an artist born in Montreal (1965) and currently based in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.Spending many years in the construction industry, Doug has developed a passion for the urban environment wrapped in the architecture that surrounds it, often presenting images with an abstract point of view. A signature feature of Doug’s work is the intentional lack of human interaction and the frequent inclusion of reflections and repetitive patterns to infer human existence and creativity. Each image can be considered a fragment of awareness that, when added to the collective body of work, combines to form a single idea or thought.
There's a mystery in everything and everything is connected.
back to gallery
