{"id":86726,"date":"2026-09-21T17:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86726"},"modified":"2026-09-21T17:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:42:13","slug":"fan-hos-poetic-photos-of-mid-20th-century-hong-kong-show-in-an-unlikely-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86726","title":{"rendered":"Fan Ho\u2019s poetic photos of mid-20th century Hong Kong show in an unlikely place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/21\/00951f47-2ed9-4a72-ac9d-b579552ed97d_28efacad.jpg?itok=aqNfKE1v&amp;v=1789975804\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">\u201cPhotography is a universal language that transcends the barriers of culture and time.\u201d These wise words from <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Fan Ho<\/span> perfectly encapsulate the premise of a new exhibition celebrating his poetic camerawork at the Palazzo Falletti di Barolo in Turin, Italy.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A Baroque noble residence might not be the first place that comes to mind when looking to discover Ho\u2019s mid-20th century Hong Kong compositions, but the show invites viewers to look beyond the obvious and make connections to those scenes from a faraway land.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The exhibition, titled \u201cFan Ho. Il Maestro della Fotografia di Hong Kong\u201d (Fan Ho. The Master of Photography of Hong Kong), premiered on September 11 in the aristocratic residence in the city centre.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">This marks the first time Ho\u2019s photographs have received such extensive attention in Europe, with around 100 works curated by Elisa Maupas on display. Maupas worked closely with Sarah Van Ingelgom \u2013 also known as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Sarah Greene<\/span> \u2013 from Hong Kong\u2019s Blue Lotus Gallery, the exclusive representative of Ho\u2019s photographic works.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3368204\/fan-hos-poetic-photos-mid-20th-century-hong-kong-show-unlikely-place?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPhotography is a universal language that transcends the barriers of culture and time.\u201d These wise words from Fan Ho perfectly encapsulate the premise of a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[17074,2797,3569,30381,5231,30382,407,65,13218,616],"class_list":["post-86726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-century","tag-fan","tag-hong","tag-hos","tag-kong","tag-mid20th","tag-photos","tag-place","tag-poetic","tag-show","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}