Black and White

Artist statement In the recent years, the members of the public become aware of the political development of Hong Kong. With the chief concern about the current method of election, a protest against the government took place on 3/1/2014. This is the first time that I engage in the protest aiming at fighting for democracy as an observer as well as a Hong Konger supporting political reform to foster democratic progress. Hence, I use photography as a media to record this historical event.

From my perspective, democracy is the matter of not only the politician and the police who should have a neutral stance but also the matter of the general public. During the processes, I can see how the politician promotes their ideas, how the members of the public show their support with

Thematic Photography

action and how the police deal with the arrangement of the protest. A same event links many different stakeholders up. They existed in the same location and time period with similar purposes. However, would you also agree to what these people were promoting? From your point of view, is this how the historical moment really is? I attempted to capture what different parties were doing during the event. Through putting an eye on various people and observing their respective action, I wantto depict the picture of how Hong Kongers tried to call for a democratic government in 2014.

As an English idiom goes well, time flies like an arrow. I am wondering whether our feeling and attitude will change in the future when we look at these photos. How different will it be?

Lam Ho Wai