Opening Ceremony of Picturing Asia: Double Take - The Photography of Brian Brake and Steve McCurry | Asia Society

Opening Ceremony of Picturing Asia: Double Take - The Photography of Brian Brake and Steve McCurry

L to R: Sun Lau, Senior Director, Epson; Steve McCurry; Alice Mong, ASHK Executive Director; Nirmala Menon, Head of Designated Markets and Health for Asia, MetLife; Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary for Administration; Ian Wedde, curator; Jonathan Flaws, New Zealand collector; Gary Wong, Sales Director (Asia Pacific Region), Phase One; Joey Chu, Representative, Education Development Foundation Association
Carrie Lam praises the role ASHK plays in promoting arts and culture in Hong Kong.
Nirmala Menon talks about the collaboration between MetLife Foundation and ASHK on the Picturing Asia: Double Take exhibition project.
The evening's distinguished guests include consuls general from Israel (Sagi Karni, second from the left), New Zealand (Gabrielle Rush, second from the right) and Canada (Jeff Nankivell, far right)
Carrie Lam and Steve McCurry look at the exhibits.
Nirmala Menon looks at an exhibit.
A guest takes a photo of an exhibit with her smartphone.
Two guests look at one of the many evocative images on display.
Steve McCurry and guests.
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HONG KONG, September 8, 2016 — Asia Society Hong Kong Center unveiled its latest exhibition, Picturing Asia: Double Take - The Photography of Brian Brake and Steve McCurry, with an opening ceremony on September 8, 2016. The exhibition is generously supported by the lead sponsor, MetLife Foundation and other partners.  It is on display from September 10, 2016 to January 7, 2017.

Picturing Asia: Double Take sheds light on Brake and McCurry’s common passion in capturing the many facets of Asia. In 1961, when an 11-year-old McCurry saw Brake’s celebrated photo essay of the Indian monsoon, a flame was kindled which eventually compelled him to document the same enigmatic climatic phenomenon 20 years later. Their monsoon photographs form a dialogue from which this exhibition starts. Showcasing over 90 images, the exhibition traces Brake and McCurry’s efforts in bringing Asia's cultural richness to the eyes of the global audiences. “Picturing” in the title proposes a double meaning – of taking a picture, and of imagining one.

About 200 photography aficionados and friends of ASHK joined the opening ceremony, followed by a gallery tour.