Skip to profile content
Log In

Additional Artworks

From Art Alba Gallery

  1. Crying Chef by Yin Jun, Image 3.

    Yin Jun

    Crying Chef, 2014

    Oil on canvas

    150 x 150 cm

  2. Nahant Beach, Boston by Lisa Vivona, Image 5.

    Lisa Vivona

    Nahant Beach, Boston, 2002

    Gelatin Silver Print

    36 x 28 cm

    US$800

  3. The Sculptor's Studio Portfolio by Eduardo Paolozzi, Image 1.

    Eduardo Paolozzi

    The Sculptor's Studio Portfolio, 1998

    Lithograph

    38 x 51 cm

    US$10,000

  4. Pool-side Rock Star by Adrian Wiszniewski, Image 1.

    Adrian Wiszniewski

    Pool-side Rock Star, 1991

    Etching

    57 x 54 cm

    US$1,500

  5. Suzanne with Wreath by Joyce Tenneson, Image 5.

    Joyce Tenneson

    Suzanne with Wreath, 1991

    Polaroid

    80 x 70 cm

    US$15,000

  6. Found Objects by Patrick Caulfield, Image 1.

    Patrick Caulfield

    Found Objects, 1968

    Screenprint

    72 x 94 cm

    US$5,000

  7. Dame Margot Fonteyn 1957 by Karsh, Image 3.

    Karsh

    Dame Margot Fonteyn 1957, 1957

    Photograph

    31 x 25 cm

    US$1,500

  8. Game, Set & Match 1934 by Martin Munkacsi, Image 1.

    Martin Munkacsi

    Game, Set & Match 1934, 1934

    Photograph

    36 x 28 cm

    US$800

View All Artworks

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.
Image of artist