After 25 years of documenting Hong Kong’s ever-changing urban landscape, I found myself drawn to the quiet intensity of nighttime photography due to health reasons. While my approach continues to merge documentary and fine art traditions, the night reveals new dimensions of the city, resonating with mystery, stillness, and the subtle interplay of human presence and absence.

My projects Nights in Suspense: Eternal Reverie and Nights in Suspense: Echoes in Ether are meditations on the emotional and atmospheric layers of urban spaces after dark. Eternal Reveries centers on fleeting, solitary moments: workers, wanderers, and dreamers framed by the city’s static architecture. Neon-lit alleys and shadowed corners frame introspective vignettes, where individuals seem suspended in their own worlds, their quiet routines heightened by the night’s stillness. The sparse human presence here is not just visual but emotional, inviting viewers to linger on the unspoken tales of urban life.

Echoes in Ether shifts toward the tension and impermanence of nocturnal environments. Through long exposures and deliberate compositions, I trace the energy of spaces in flux—deserted streets, abandoned structures, and the eerie calm that follows the city’s daytime rhythms. Light and shadow become characters in these scenes, suggesting a pause in time, as though the urban fabric itself is waiting. This series grapples with the transience of place, asking how darkness reshapes our perception of familiarity and memory.

Together, these projects reflect my ongoing fascination with the night as both a technical and poetic challenge. Rather than documenting the city, I aim to reimagine it: a stage where light bends, time softens, and quiet stories emerge. The night serves as a lens, revealing how emotion and environment intertwine when the world slows down.

Back to top