霍智明。FOK Chi Ming, Francis
francis_fok@yahoo.com
我首次接觸攝影始於十四歲那年，用父親剛買回來那部中國製造的海鷗牌雙鏡反光相機─現在依然運作正常。由那刻開始，我便開始拍下日常生活中值得記下來人和事，以及用我個人的觀感去捕捉那些吸引我和令我產生特別感覺的影像。
由傳統黑房沖印，至現代的數碼高科技製作；從 4 X 5 大底機，到現代的數碼機背，我相信攝影最重要的就是，攝影師對影像和事物的觀察和處理方法。
I am involved in photography since the age of 14 with my Dad’s Chinese TLR (still functioning perfectly today). Since then, I have photographed memorable moments in my daily life and captured eye-catching and unique images through my own perception.
From the early days of developers and fixers in the darkroom, to the state-of-the-art digital photo processing tool; from the zone system of 4x5 view camera, to the huge ISO of today’s data back, I believe the most important aspect of photography lies in the way of seeing of the photographer.
商店櫥窗
在購物中心裏，消費者往往被七彩繽紛的裝飾、廣告、偶像的照片、各式各樣的商品和穿著時尚的人體模型所吸引。
那些彩色的元素在商店的玻璃窗和鏡子的反射下被混和，視覺效果變得奇異，影像變得含糊。
這令我想到電影《反斗奇兵》。究竟那些影像是否真的有生命，它們真的在我們現實世界以外存在著嗎？可有另一個現實世界？我可以利用我的相片將這兩個世界連繫在一起嗎？
Store Windows
In shopping arcades, colourful decorations and advertisements, still images of idols, varieties of commodities, and manikins with four seasons dress up attract the attentions of every consumer.
Under the reflection of glass and mirrors in the store windows, all these colourful elements mix together. The visual effect is fantastic and the images form a kind of ambiguity.
It recalls me the movie “Toys Story”. Do these images have real life and they exist in a situation disconnected from our reality world? Can it be more than one reality? Can I connect these two reality worlds with my photographs?
