FAN HO (CHINESE 1937-2016)
Construction,1957
gelatin silver print
full sheet measuring 24 x 49 cm (9 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.)
framed dimensions: 54 x 65 cm (21 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.) [plexiglass]
titled on photographer's credit stamp; signed and titled in another hand, numbered 15/1 in blue pencil, with Rochester International Salon, 1965 award notation in a third hand on verso

PROVENANCE
MB Gallery, Palo Alto
Acquired at the above by the present owners in 2007.
(Copy of invoice available upon request)

LITERATURE
Fan Ho: Hong Kong Yesterday (Palo Alto: MB Editions, Modernbook Editions Publishers, 2007), Second Edition, p. 19 (illustrated)
Richard Pitnick, "Fan Ho", Black & White Magazine, no. 53, September 2007, pp. 22-23 (illustrated)

LOT NOTES
Fan Ho is known for his very carefully composed photographs, combining a background of geometrical constructions, pattern and light. Using backlight Ho was able to create a dramatic atmosphere for each photograph. Photographing primarily the people of Hong Kong locations included streets, alleys, markets and the sea. Ho’s photographic work does not focus on the city’s buildings or monuments, rather the coolies, vendors, hawkers who sell fruits and vegetables, children playing in the street, people running errands. Capturing the common hardship and resilience of the citizens. Fan Ho’s large body of work won him close to 300 awards both locally and internationally, presenting his photographs in salons. Fan Ho is a Fellow of the Photographic Society and the Royal Society of Arts in England, and an Honorary Member of the Photographic societies of Singapore, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy and Belgium. He most recently won a "Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2nd Global Chinese International Photography Award, China, 2015" by the Chinese Photographic Society (Guangzhou). The present lot is a prime example of Fan Ho’s prolific career and accomplished body of work.