I dread it when people ask me what I photograph, because I don’t really photograph anything particular that is deemed interesting to normal humans.

This is Hong Chong Road (康莊道), a road next to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel (海底隧道) in Hung Hom (紅磡). Far in the background is Hotel ICON (唯港薈), which is the teaching and research hotel built for The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM 酒店及旅遊業管理學院) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) [1].

I photograph this because I like how the lines lead the eye through the frame. This is for my 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms series, where I find Chinese characters in a frame after noting that the concept of 形 Forms is not readily appreciated by the Chinese audience but they can relate to Chinese characters.

# SML Translate: 央

+ noun: center, middle.

+ verb: beg. (I know, Chinese is weird like that)

# Notes

1. Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Hotel_and_Tourism_Management

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-25T13:59:33+0800

+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472

+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 17 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°18'10" N 114°10'48" E

+ Location: 香港理工大學 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU)

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130425.6D.02966

+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography)

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“央” / 香港理工大學與人流建築中文字形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU) and Human Logistics Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography) / SML.20130425.6D.02966

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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #理工大學 #PolyU #建築 #建筑 #architecture

In 2005, a site-specific installation called “The Gates” by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude (aka Christo and Jeanne-Claud) was seen at Central Park in New York City [1].

This was not an art installation—just a pathway at a public housing development in Hong Kong. But its resemblance is uncanny.

The Chinese character 门 came to mind, which is the simplified version of the character 門 — and it means literally the “gate” or the “door”, thus giving new meaning to both the high art and this everyday object.

The yellow stripe paint serves the function of alerting the elderly. I quite like it. Form follows function.

# Notes

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gates

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-12T11:42:18+0800

+ Dimensions: 3373 x 5060

+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 34 mm

+ ISO: 125

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'35" E

+ Location: 香港馬鞍山頌安邨 Chung On Estate, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130512.6D.05734

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography)

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“门 (Gate)” / 香港公共屋邨建築中文簡體字形 Hong Kong Public Housing Estate Architecture Simplified Chinese Typographic Forms / SML.20130512.6D.05734

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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan

If you are willing to look, interesting forms are everywhere. This look like an art installation to me, but is just marks left on the road. The text is cropped from an upside down “SLOW”, situated next to some road signs. But it is beautiful to my eye. I love seeing typography in the wild—whether they were intended as typography or not. It says something to me.

# SML Translate

+ 人: people, humans, humanity.

# SML Workflow

Photographed handheld with the Canon 7D with the 70-200 f/4L lens. Processed in Lightroom 4.

# SML Data

+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms

+ Date: 2013-02-01 11:03:45 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 5124 x 3416

+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 75 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not Fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°25'15" N 114°13'36" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安商場停車場 中国香港马鞍山恒安商场停车场 Car Park, Heng On Shopping Mall, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong SAR, China

“IS 人!人!人!” (found art installation)

/ 人流指示中文字形 Human Logistics Signage Chinese Typographic Forms

/ SML.20130201.7D.20869

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