Vanishing Hong Kong – Exploring Abandoned Heritage Buildings: P H Yang’s Photo Exhibition | 消失中的香港 - 探索廢棄文物建築﹕楊必興攝影展

In more ways than one, Hong Kong, as we know it, is vanishing.

From grand Hakka mansions, century-old European villas to the iconic Shaw Studios, the heart of the Hollywood of the Far East, gorgeous heritage buildings in Hong Kong are being bulldozed and redeveloped into more shopping malls and high-rise luxury apartments, as we speak. Urban explorers are racing against the clock to document and preserve the collective memory of the city’s vanishing heritage before these historic buildings are lost forever.

Hong Kong holds the spot as the priciest property market in the world, and is well known for its shortage of land. The list of heritage buildings that fell to the wrecking ball or to be revitalized beyond recognition grows ever longer. In Vanishing Hong Kong, discover exquisite images of Hong Kong’s heritage buildings, many of them behind locked doors and gates or high razor-wired fences, out of reach to most people, captured by award-winning photographer and Hong Kong native P H Yang.

The exhibition showcases over 100 photos of Hong Kong’s rarely seen abandoned and deserted heritage buildings, many of which are Grade I historic buildings. Over 20 photos from two invited artists/ photographers, Sacha Yasumoto and Dickie Fowler, are also included. In addition, with participation from the urban exploration community, 43 photos were selected for the photo exhibition by four distinguished judges from more than 120 submitted photos.

Vanishing Hong Kong aims to enhance awareness of the disappearing historical buildings and heritage in Hong Kong as well as the role of urban explorers in recording and conservation.

從多方面看，我們所認識的香港正在消失中。

由華麗的客家大宅、具有百年歷史的歐洲式別墅，到遠東荷里活中心的標誌--邵氏影城；香港優雅的歷史建築正在被推平，並重新發展成更多的購物中心和高層豪宅。在這些歷史建築永遠消失之前，城市探險家正在爭分奪秒地紀錄和保存消失中的遺產和集體記憶。

香港仍然穩坐「全球房價最貴城市」的寶座，並以土地短缺而聞名；被推倒或被「活化」得面目全非的歷史建築名單卻越來越長。香港土生土長、屢獲殊榮的攝影師楊必興拍攝了一系列探索香港歷史建築的精美影像，其中包含了許多大多數人都無法接近，被深門重鎖或隱藏於高高的鐵絲網圍欄後面的遺跡。

是次展覽目的為提高觀眾對正在消失中的香港歷史建築及文物的認知，以及城市探險家在紀錄和保育方面的作用。

請來盡情享受罕見的香港，以及發人深省、亮麗的影象。是次展覽會展出100多張荒廢或廢棄文物建築的照片，當中不少被古物古蹟辦事評為一級歷史建築。展覽亦包括20多張由兩位特邀藝術家/攝影師 Sacha Yasumoto 和 Dickie Fowler 拍攝的廢墟攝影照片。城市探險團體也提交了超過 120 張照片，經四位資深評判評審，選出 43 張照片參與是次展覽。