#umbrella revolution
This is a bit late but
Merry Christmas y'all.
Photo Caption:
The Christmas Tree in Admiralty
Taken at the Study Area on Harcourt Road on December 9th, 2014.
金鐘的聖誕樹
可惜它不等到聖誕節了
夏慤道自修室的最後時光 2AM
Photo Credits & Chinese Photo Caption by Martin Witness
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New York based artist Yuko Shimizu puts a contemporary spin on Japanese woodblock prints and shares her support for Hong Kong protesters.
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Seen: GOOD LUCK HONG KONG
Who:ERIC /website
Where:M2 Gallery, Shinjuku
I mentioned here earlier that Eric and his Leica and his flash made it back to his hometown of Hong Kong for the recent Umbrella Revolution. Eric’s 1000 mega-watt intensity is here focused on the action in Hong Kong surer than any of the stuff he’s done before- there’s a maturity to these images that surpasses his earlier work- even his earlier Hong Kong pictures. Looking at his pictures I always feel that Eric’s allegiance is to photography first and foremost, ahead of any kind of politics or even aesthetics. I suspect that his thrill for it all is dependent on action but never quite about questioning the motives that power these flashes of movement that push him to trip the shutter.
His working style is somewhat unconventional- with his shooting, exhibiting, online & print publishing sometimes overlap- Certainly this show is a hint of what’s to come as he works through this series in its various stages. Here’s to hoping one of those stages is a new photobook.
GOOD LUCK HONG KONG is concurrently exhibited with Eric’s recent series on India, Eye of the Vortex, at Place M.
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清場前夕 。
December 10th 2014. Today is probably the last day before the police clears the entire Umbrella Square in Admiralty.
Photo Credits: Jacky Lau
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1. 她看著海富天橋上的警察
十二月一日 早上8AM
She was gazing at the police on the Hai Foo Bridge
December 1st, 8 am
2.一名示威者被警察按在地上
警察不斷說「我無打佢」
A protester was suppressed on the ground by a police while the police kept saying “I didn’t beat him up”
3. 許多人慌忙地逃走，
面上都帶着恐懼
十二月一日 早上7:30AM
The crowd was escaping from the scene as fast as they could with fears on their face
December 1st, 7:30am
4 & 5. 佔領龍和道的示威者要眠一眠
十二月一日 早上5AM
Occupiers on Lung Wo Road taking a nap
December 1st, 5 am
6. 前線的小女孩
十二月一日 早上7AM
A young girl at the front line
December 1st, 7 am
7. 這是個灰色的早上
十二月一日 早上7AM
What a gloomy morning.
December 1st, 7 am
8. 與女孩作擁抱，祝福她不會有事
十二月一日 早上7AM
Hugs and blessing that she will be alright.
December 1st, 7 am
Photo Credits: Martin Witness
My heart aches for Hong Kong - A.
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Police yelling “I’ll hit whoever makes trouble”, stormed #mongkok #umbrellamovement #occupycentral #umbrellarevolution #occupyHK #blackandwhite #streetphotography #hkprotests #midnight #instameethk (at 旺角, 香港 - Mongkok, Hongkong)
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Lester Shum, deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students
Photo Credits: Wilson Lau
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It’s been two months since September 28th when the riot police shot 87 tear gas bullets to the crowds. We’ll never forget.
Photo Credits: Billy HC Kwok
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Hong Kong police cleared a key pro-democracy protest site in ninety minutes, detaining student leaders and pushing back demonstrators in the biggest operation in two months.
Ranks of police officers stood guard at Nathan Road in the Mong Kok district as cleaners mopped up after initial skirmishes held back the morning removal of makeshift barricades and tents. Student leaders Joshua Wong and Lester Shum were detained.
Protesters’ options are shrinking as the police enforce court orders, public support wanes and China refuses to give in to their demands that it allow a free election for the city’s leadership in 2017. An earlier attempt to secure streets in Mong Kok, a densely populated working-class district, failed after demonstrators came back, and the police have vowed to keep roads open this time, setting the stage for clashes this evening when crowds typically swell.
“People are angry and confused,” Winnie Wong, a 21-year-old student, said at the site. “There are just the police, with violence to arrest and frighten people.”
Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
© 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP
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November 25 & 26th, 2014. Mong Kok, Hong Kong
Let the photos speak for themselves.
Photo Credits: Martin Witness
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畢業了，她們說沒有比這裡更好的佈景。
旺角12am
Fresh graduates.
They said there’s no better place than this to take their graduation pictures.
Photo Credits by Martin Witness
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The police are ordered to clear out the protest area in Mong Kok. Hang in there everyone.
The Last Moments On Nathan Road by Martin Witness
1.對他而言，被清拆的不只是障礙物，而是自己的信念。
2-4. 十一月廿六日早上
彌敦道的最後時刻
5. 這是旺角最後的人鏈
6. 有警察強硬地把物資拉下清走
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