Archinect - News 2024-12-22T00:30:46-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150090466/the-other-hong-kong-photographed-by-pascal-greco The 'other' Hong Kong photographed by Pascal Greco Alexander Walter 2018-10-11T15:17:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/45/4550eefb6707adc1b438fd3dce189f5b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>[...] medium- and low-income residents can&rsquo;t afford land, while the city&rsquo;s wealth explodes and attracts economic activity that doesn&rsquo;t keep its poor residents in the loop. This was the Hong Kong Greco wanted to show. &ldquo;Perhaps one should adopt a special lens in looking at Hong Kong, not only to see its superficial beauty, but also the social undercurrents that sustain its structures,&rdquo; writes Dr. Ernest Chui in Greco&rsquo;s book.</p></em><br /><br /><p>CityLab editorial fellow Karim Doumar presents the stunning black/white Polaroid shots from Swiss photographer and filmmaker Pascal Greco's new book,&nbsp;<em><a href="https://www.pascalgreco.com/hong-kong/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hong Kong - Perspectives, Prospectives, Typologies</a></em>, documenting the gritty housing environments of Hong Kong's population at the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/48/486b19a22f8b745ebd531de7678d39e1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/48/486b19a22f8b745ebd531de7678d39e1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Pascal Greco</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/26/264ce06da6223da9d94b351dffaff721.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/26/264ce06da6223da9d94b351dffaff721.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Pascal Greco</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/914fe4250a53482e52feb342fd4a0565.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/914fe4250a53482e52feb342fd4a0565.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Pascal Greco</figcaption></figure>