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  1. Ein Klein, Nachtmusik by KASM, Image 6.

    KASM

    Ein Klein, Nachtmusik, 2025

    Mixed Media

    46 x 38 x 3 cm

    US$1,500

  2. My Things #3 by Hong Hao, Image 1.

    Hong Hao

    My Things #3, 2001

    C Print

    78 x 120 cm

    US$10,000

  3. Palm Garden by Mark Eshbaugh, Image 1.

    Mark Eshbaugh

    Palm Garden, 1997

    Platinum

    28 x 36 cm

    US$1,000

  4. Rake Outside by Adrian Wiszniewski, Image 1.

    Adrian Wiszniewski

    Rake Outside, 1991

    Etching

    57 x 54 cm

    US$1,500

  5. Tide and Rocks by Robert Werling, Image 4.

    Robert Werling

    Tide and Rocks, 1970

    Gelatin Silver Print

    41 x 51 cm

    US$2,000

  6. Sophia Loren 1959 by Irving Penn, Image 4.

    Irving Penn

    Sophia Loren 1959, 1959

    Photograph

    51 x 41 cm

    US$3,000

  7. Pleasurable Hour 1958 by Cheung Man Ping, Image 3.

    Cheung Man Ping

    Pleasurable Hour 1958, 1958

    Photograph

    24 x 20 cm

    US$500

  8. Picasso 1957 by Irving Penn, Image 3.

    Irving Penn

    Picasso 1957, 1957

    Photograph

    31 x 31 cm

    US$4,000

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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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