The Hong Kong Album
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 3rd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; Chinese and English text
A rare and evocative window into a vanished world, The Hong Kong Album (香港歷史圖片) is a stunning photographic chronicle of Hong Kong's history, presenting an extraordinary collection of archival images that capture the territory's transformation from a colonial outpost to a thriving metropolis. Through candid street scenes, portraits of everyday life, and sweeping landscapes, the collection documents the faces, communities, and streetscapes that defined Hong Kong across the decades — from the humblest fishing villages to the bustling urban quarters that would one day become one of the world's great cities. Beyond its role as a visual archive, this volume stands as an indispensable cultural artifact, illustrating the layered complexity of Hong Kong's identity — a place shaped by Chinese tradition, British colonial influence, and the indomitable spirit of its people. The photography communicates with an intimacy and immediacy that no written record can fully replicate, preserving moments of ordinary life that history might otherwise have swallowed whole. For historians, collectors, and anyone captivated by the story of one of Asia's most fascinating cities, this album poses the most compelling of questions: how much of what we see has survived, and how much has been lost forever?
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 1986
Genre: Photography
Edition: 3rd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; Chinese and English text
A rare and evocative window into a vanished world, The Hong Kong Album (香港歷史圖片) is a stunning photographic chronicle of Hong Kong's history, presenting an extraordinary collection of archival images that capture the territory's transformation from a colonial outpost to a thriving metropolis. Through candid street scenes, portraits of everyday life, and sweeping landscapes, the collection documents the faces, communities, and streetscapes that defined Hong Kong across the decades — from the humblest fishing villages to the bustling urban quarters that would one day become one of the world's great cities. Beyond its role as a visual archive, this volume stands as an indispensable cultural artifact, illustrating the layered complexity of Hong Kong's identity — a place shaped by Chinese tradition, British colonial influence, and the indomitable spirit of its people. The photography communicates with an intimacy and immediacy that no written record can fully replicate, preserving moments of ordinary life that history might otherwise have swallowed whole. For historians, collectors, and anyone captivated by the story of one of Asia's most fascinating cities, this album poses the most compelling of questions: how much of what we see has survived, and how much has been lost forever?