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Additional Artworks

From Art Alba Gallery

  1. Dream But Don't Sleep (Blue) by Blek Le Rat, Image 1.

    Blek Le Rat

    Dream But Don't Sleep (Blue), 2007

    Screenprint

    72 x 70 cm

    US$6,000

  2. Execution by Sheng Qi, Image 4.

    Sheng Qi

    Execution, 2006

    Oil

    61 x 125 cm

    US$15,000

  3. Bamboo and Bowls by Dieu Thuy Nguyen, Image 4.

    Dieu Thuy Nguyen

    Bamboo and Bowls, 1998

    Oil on canvas

    101 x 101 cm

    US$5,000

  4. En Pointe by Bruce Monk, Image 5.

    Bruce Monk

    En Pointe, 1998

    Platinum

    51 x 41 cm

    US$2,000

  5. life monotonous by Patrick Caulfield, Image 3.

    Patrick Caulfield

    life monotonous, 1973

    Screenprint

    51 x 41 cm

    US$1,000

  6. Coco Chanel 1956 by Cecil Beaton, Image 1.

    Cecil Beaton

    Coco Chanel 1956, 1956

    Photograph

    31 x 31 cm

    US$1,000

  7. Dali Fishing 1954 by Philippe Halsman, Image 4.

    Philippe Halsman

    Dali Fishing 1954, 1954

    Photograph

    26 x 20 cm

    US$1,000

  8. Behind The Bamboo Screen 1951 by Wu Francis, Image 3.

    Wu Francis

    Behind The Bamboo Screen 1951, 1951

    Photograph

    20 x 16 cm

    US$500

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About the artist

Fan Ho

Hong Kong

1931-2016

Fan Ho was born in Shanghai in 1931, and emigrated with his family to Hong Kong in 1949. Ho began photographing at a very young age with a Brownie which his father had left at home, and later with a Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera his father gave him at the age of 14. Largely self-taught, his photos display a fascination with urban life, explored alleys, slums, markets and streets. His fantastic eye for the "decisive moment" led to him being called the "Cartier-Bresson of the East". He developed his images in the family bathtub and soon had built up a significant body of work, chronicling Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s as it was becoming a major metropolitan centre. His work is renowned for its dramatic use of light and shadow, as well as its poetic and cinematic quality. Fan Ho's photographs not only document the city's transformation but also evoke a sense of nostalgia and timelessness. Ho would use the same Rolleiflex K4A throughout his career.
During his long career he taught photography and film making at a dozen universities worldwide and he died in San Jose, CA in 2016. His work is in many private and public collection of which most notable are: M+ Museum, Hong Kong, Heritage Museum, Hong Kong, Bibliothèque National de France, Paris, France, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA and many more.
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