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Hong Kong Lucida

A Thinking Street Photography Site

Author: eddietay

I am a poet and an educator. I have come to realise in recent years that the act of writing poetry has trained my mind to be always on the prowl for everyday moments that might be suitable material for my writing. Hence, I turn to photography in order to record some of these moments. I soon discover that the photographs I am taking, using film rangefinder cameras which are more discreet and hence suitable to the task at hand, are in the tradition of street photography. In search of poetry, I have become a street photographer. What can Hong Kong teach me about street photography, and what can street photography teach me about Hong Kong? This blog seeks to address that question.

Starting Up Again

Posted on July 4, 2020July 5, 2020 by eddietay in Colour, Uncategorized

Received funding some time ago to work on a book.

Am taking walks and doing some thinking.

It’s a street photography-based research.

Prepping my cameras.

It’s a social documentary of glimpses…

Thinking about stuff.

And running at times with quirky ideas.

Tagged 28mm, Fujifilm x70, Hong Kong, street photography2 Comments

Walking from Chinatown to Funan

Posted on July 27, 2019 by eddietay in About Singapore, Colour

Easily framed.

Er… the pavement looked poetic.

No comment.

Composition rules.

Late capitalism graffiti.

First contact?

I’ve yet to explore the new Funan Centre.

Street fashion.

Final destination. A talk by the author Ken Liu.

Tagged chinatown, financial centre, Fujifilm x70, ken liu, Singapore, speakers' corner, street photography2 Comments

Chinatown Visual Adventures

Posted on July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 by eddietay in About Singapore, Colour

Die die must try!

The obligatory gift shop.

The curry puffs are to die for.

I never quite got the character as a kid.

My favorite fruit.

Obligatory gift.

Thirsty?

Shadow of history.

Easily framed.

Tagged chinatown, Fujifilm x70, Singapore, street photography, tourismLeave a comment

Visual Adventures at Little India

Posted on July 22, 2019July 19, 2019 by eddietay in About Singapore

Some visual drama.At the side of a temple.Self-portrait.Watch out!Peace.A good deal for the staff.

Tagged fujifilm, little india, Singapore, street photography, x702 Comments

Takashi Murakami at Tai Kwun

Posted on July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 by eddietay in Monochrome

Murakami at Tai Kwun.

A timeline.

Gazing.

Peace.

Peace, captured.

Meditative.

Captured.

All going by so fast with phone and cameras.

Were all those really Murakami?

Tagged fujifilm, Fujifilm x70, Hong Kong, street photography, tai kwun, takashi murakami, x70Leave a comment

Beijing Lu, Guangzhou

Posted on May 4, 2019 by eddietay in Colour

What I do when the family is on retail therapy …

Tagged Beijing Lu, china, fujifilm, pedestrian street, retail therapy, shopping, street photography, tourism, x70Leave a comment

Dreaming Guangzhou

Posted on May 2, 2019 by eddietay in Colour

A dreamscape… with Canton Tower.

Tagged boat, Canton Tower, china, Guangzhou, street photographyLeave a comment

Shangxiajiu, Guangzhou

Posted on April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 by eddietay in Colour

A pedestrian street.

Tagged fujifilm, Guangzhou, pedestrian street, shangxiajiu, street photography, tourism, x70Leave a comment

Tiong Bahru

Posted on July 24, 2018April 29, 2019 by eddietay in About Singapore, Colour

Neat placement.

Trees, building, person.

A kampong feel.

Tree and curve of building.

Greenery, bicycle.

Lens flare!

Mundane, yet…

Tagged architecture, artlessness, nature, Singapore, street photography, takumar, Tiong Bahru, urbanLeave a comment

Urban Nature

Posted on July 23, 2018 by eddietay in About Singapore, Colour

Farm nostalgia.

Urban nature humour.

A sunny grove.

Home.

Tagged Canon m50, city, nature, Singapore, street photography, urban, voigtlander 35Leave a comment

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