honorable mention
Jason Au hong kong
Photo © Jason Au
title
Hong Kong Lines and Patterns
Nevertheless, those people look trapped and lost inside an artificial geometric labyrinth without realising it. The sense of confinement in which urban structures enclose the person into small boxes with no way out, and people's obsession with their mobile phones, suggests the modern condition of how we succumb to the glory of urban landscape and technology, which are both our created products. Perhaps this is a metaphorical view of urbanity while also implying the way of hectic modern city life in a metropolis like Hong Kong.
His ongoing project ‘Geometric Hong Kong’ is a street photography series which portrays the way of life of urban characters in the context of their surrounding geometric environment, with the photographic approach of isolating urban subjects, geometric element and forms from the chaotic environment of Hong Kong – which works metaphorically to imply the notion of urbanity as well as contemporary way of life within modern metropolis like Hong Kong.
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entry description
"Hong Kong Lines and Patterns" is a photography series that takes the compositional approach of isolating urban subjects and geometric elements from the chaotic urban environment of Hong Kong. The series portrays how different urban individuals are obsessed with their mobile phones in the context of their surrounding geometric urban environment, which were all culled from mundane everyday scenes.Nevertheless, those people look trapped and lost inside an artificial geometric labyrinth without realising it. The sense of confinement in which urban structures enclose the person into small boxes with no way out, and people's obsession with their mobile phones, suggests the modern condition of how we succumb to the glory of urban landscape and technology, which are both our created products. Perhaps this is a metaphorical view of urbanity while also implying the way of hectic modern city life in a metropolis like Hong Kong.
about the photographer
Born in 1994, Jason Au is an award-winning fine art photographer based in Hong Kong. He specialises in black and white photography and has a specific interest in street photography and portraiture. His high aesthetic works often incorporate creative, geometric and balanced compositions, with prominent use of contrasting light and shadows, along with dynamic interplay between texture and forms – in which he can meticulously transform mundane subjects or scenes into something quite extraordinary.His ongoing project ‘Geometric Hong Kong’ is a street photography series which portrays the way of life of urban characters in the context of their surrounding geometric environment, with the photographic approach of isolating urban subjects, geometric element and forms from the chaotic environment of Hong Kong – which works metaphorically to imply the notion of urbanity as well as contemporary way of life within modern metropolis like Hong Kong.
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