In late October of 2009 I went to Hong Kong without a real plan what to do & where to go. I was just fascinated by this “little” spot in South China and “probably” wanted to proof something to myself and others. After 3 weeks and a good amount of shot rolls of B/W film I left and the personal struggle began.
After developing for 3 days and scanning a strong feeling of being disappointed and frustrated turned up, which didn’t left me for the next couple of months. I stopped shooting. Well, In fact that’s not 100% true but 4 rolls in almost 5 months … you know what I want to say.
Not the best idea to get into an depression and stop doing what you usually love to do, especially If you’re attending photoclass at University and you’re in the final year. Long story short… when it comes to photography I wanted to be someone else, someone I’m simply not … which in fact was bullshit.
For sure it’s good and important to look a the work of other people but you need to find your own way of doing certain things. Something I learned the hard way, although I did knew it the whole time, but somehow ignored it.
So this post is sitting more or less half finished here for months now and chance of getting published was pretty low, but since I’ll return to Hong Kong next week to shoot my final project(got a clear plan this time), I needed to end this “dark” chapter by finishing it. Still not the tightest selection (mixed up too) and nothing I’m proud but thanks for having a look at it!
Really appreciate it !
view from Victoria Peak over Central & Kowloon
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