I know we had this conversation at some point but it's good to see you documentung HK in your own way. Sometimes as photographers we tend to be too critical with ourselves and hesitate to take photos we consider to be mundane. But nothing is forever. What we see now will inevitably gone one day. The people, the places, the lifestyle. The mundane today is the nostalgia and curiosity of the future. As always, great video and photos man 👊👊👊
Amazing video. I absolutely love the 21:9 aspect ratio. It allowed me to be immersed in the story of your video while being able to view the photos as intended (I'm watching on a 21:9 screen)
I just want to say, thanks you for your work. It means something to HK and me as well. No matter when and where you will be, I do believe the story and memory are engraved in HK and our mind. This is actual where and what HK is.
"The middle ground between the storytelling of documenting and the art of street photography" makes so much sense to me. Great job on this! Definitely one of my favourite videos from you.
I really enjoyed the images at the end of this video you took. Theres an element of being free when it comes to street photography and taking pictures that will not get many likes on IG. It's our own interpretation to everyday life that can't be replicated by others.
I agree that very technical photos many times don't express a meaning, so it is important to capture things that make you feel something or that could represent a story or a moment even if it is "simple"
I really appreciates this video, it brings up so many important questions that we are all dealing with, we all have to deal with the existential situation we are in. ty
I left my town 27 years ago. It’s completely changed. It’s like my memories of my time growing up there have been erased. No reference points just the geology of the mountains anchors my mind, but my time there is just an airbrushed memory. We are the true custodians of our time here, the documenters of a sliver of history. What once was my entire world is now a small insignificant place, but it is still my place, my original identity. Great video as usual. Truly unique!
First impression when watching this video was Wes Anderson, love the cinematic look and the saturated colors. Excellent video and story. Well done and thanks for sharing !
This is amazing! Being somebody who grew up in the city right next to HK, this definitely adds a whole new layer to the story. Love your work! Keep pushing.
I see so many street photographers struggling with their work while at the same time creating this amazing videos that are like works of art. To me most street photography is not so interesting this days, but this videos are awesome. The composition of the shots, the colors, the mood. To me videography is way more interesting than street photography lately. Thanks for this great video.
Hugely enjoyed your thoughts on documentary photography. A while back I purchased Sergio Larrain's "London. 1959" and set about recreating those photos today but was a little disappointed with how, in my opinion, boring the shots were. Reframing my thoughts to focus on how those in the future may perceive things differently was helpful and echoes your thoughts above. The photos you partially showed off in your "Print more photos" video and this one leave me and clearly many others in awe - if you ever do publish a book with these, I will be sure to purchase one.
I appreciate all of your videos, I like the way you edit them, it's very inspiring. Can I ask you what software you use for editing? Thank you, hope to see more from you. Francesco
You are a filmmaker, photojournalist and storyteller Ivun. This one has a very somber tone. I hope you are well. Sad to see so many people shackled by their government. Making people wears masks outdoors, in the fresh air is ridiculous. Masks were noticeably absent in Greg's work. Did you notice that? I think street photography is the ultimate historical record, and you are doing valuable work. Be well.
Ivan thanks for this wonderful video. Beautifully shot, great still images and its obvious that you're a deep philosophical thinker about photography, about life and about HK. Been thinking quite a bit about HK lately - I lived and worked there for a while some 30 years ago and have been back several times. Back then my photography was on film. When I now see video or images of HK I'm infused with what I now realise is nostalgia for a different time, both in my life and how I remember HK. Reflection should be beneficial for all of us but I feel sadness too at times. So thanks again for this video and all your work. I truly appreciate it.
And I do have a copy of City of Darkness purchased new in HK in the 90s. Who can forget being in Kowloon City and looking up as planes came in for that landing at Kai Tak. Amazing!
hey, this inspires me a lot. i'm more or less in the same situation, moved away for a year and back in hk the summer, and trying my best to document things but it just doesn't feel the same as before. really put how i've been feeling into words & this video inspires me to take my camera more places :)
Wow. Right in the feels!!! I think all Hk diaspora feels the same and can see the fading beauty and life of the city in decline. Thank you for documenting the scenes that many of us can’t visit or see and will never be the same again.
Lovely as always! Love your story telling and the way you deliver thru out the video. I don’t know where to start here, but I’ll keep shooting. Thank you
iv been watching your videos for like two weeks and god am i impressed with how professional and crazy ur videos are from the colors to the voice overs to the pictures and everything really u are probably one of my favorite content creator rn thank u for keeping up such an impressive quality
Inspiring message and photos. Hope you found your time in HK productive. What I remembered learning from the "City of Darkness" was the insight and accompanying essays. It was how Girard broke through the stereotypical assumption that residents were drug dealers and gangsters. Those who remained in its final years had really found and made a home there. And they were forced out while the walled city gets gentrified. Now, like many of your photos showed in this essay, it's happening again under the guise as redevelopment.
man this video was so so good. i had to get my laptop out just to type this comment and let you know. the vulnerability in your words about photography and documenting HK is very relatable. let alone all the effort you put into the b-roll, sound design, creative shots, and editing. i can tell you give it your all and that's super inspiring and admirable! wishing you all the best with this visit back home. big fan of greg's work as well. he has taught me so much about letting your photos age and to get in close with your subject matter. you are building something special, i hope you listen to your own words!
Love your work Ivan! True inspiration, I miss Hong Kong and this brings me back and also with New Perspectives, thank you. Also really love your story telling!
Yep, 'The past is another country'. We crystallize it in our teenage years. I'd be lost in the city I was born in, that I once found so easy to get around. Even where I live now has changed in 19 years. Every time you see construction work its an opportunity to record transition. The one constant of the universe is that nothing is constant. Before you know it you'll be a grumpy old man like me, wondering why its all different. Your vlogs are very evocative, as ever.
@@ivunchow I've just spotted that the jacket I put on this morning is from Hong Kong, so if you bump into 'Victor the Tailor' of Kowloon you can let him know one of his jackets has made it to Scotland. Enjoy your sojourn in HK, fingers crossed that things don't change too much.
Bravo! Maybe your new way of looking at HK, with a feeling of now being an outsider, will ultimately help you focus on your project as you are indeed seeing things differently now and the transformations are more obvious. Look for the dichotomies between what you knew and what you see now, and perhaps what you'll find that what you're looking for is there in the shadows or hiding in plain sight.
Went through the whole footage and listened how you fight with the struggles, this is an emotional clip to me because the area where I was born and raised participated, as it facing major transition, shops and kai fong (local residents) that lasted for decades will completely faded away. I spent my teenage years out of HK and studied abroad, had the same feeling every-time when messing around the neighborhood, luckily found my own way through knowledge, the photo-walk means alot to me not just photography, sadly that's the cruelest part, when you witness your own community totally destroyed by the Bulldozer.
Wow, just wow! I began a motorcycle adventure TH-cam channel last year and since then I’ve hardly touched my cameras. Once upon a time photography was my life… my passion, my being. I lost passion and enthusiasm because I stopped taking pictures for myself, instead focusing on the responses from the public. Your channel, and more particularly this video have given me the focus and inspiration that has been missing. Thank you for the wonderful body of work, I truly appreciate you. ✌️
Absolutely beautiful! I just loved everything about this from your discussion of Greg Girard, to your stunning photographs and storytelling. Thank you for this, it’s important work.
Ivan your videos and photography are amazing. I have started to do photography about a year and few months ago. Your channel inspires me to go out and try to do my best work. I wish I could get on the level you are at. Keep up the amazing work! Also any tips for a noob photographer would be amazing. I’m self taught. I understand you are a busy man. Anything from anyone would be appreciated.
Happy to hear it! Just keep shooting and make sure you’re having fun while doing it. Might sound cliche, but it’s something that I constantly have to remind myself to do. 💪🏻
This is some of the best work I’ve seen recently. It‘s funny, before you even mentioned Greg Girard, I thought that your work somehow reminded me of his. Not that you’re copying his style or anything like that, but your work evokes a similar feeling in me. I‘m very curious to see you progress with this body of work 👌
That was a remarkable video dude...started off as a beautiful love letter to HK and then moved seamlessly into an inspirational reminder to everyone about the joy and importance of photography...thank you so much for making and sharing this...superb
Stunning images in the truest sense of street photography. A beautiful insight into HK now, and how it has evolved from the place it holds in your memories. Yours are the only videos I watch where I click 'theatre view' and turn my phone to airplane mode to be immersed in the experience. The angst you portrayed in the video are almost painful to observe. I hope you have happiness in equal measure!
The footage, the grading, the script, and most importantly the photos…. Wow. Just stunning. Remarkable. Beautiful. Bravo Ivan!
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I know we had this conversation at some point but it's good to see you documentung HK in your own way. Sometimes as photographers we tend to be too critical with ourselves and hesitate to take photos we consider to be mundane. But nothing is forever.
What we see now will inevitably gone one day. The people, the places, the lifestyle. The mundane today is the nostalgia and curiosity of the future.
As always, great video and photos man 👊👊👊
100% wise words man, take photos that will age like a good wine 😉
A great point 👍
Amazing video. I absolutely love the 21:9 aspect ratio. It allowed me to be immersed in the story of your video while being able to view the photos as intended (I'm watching on a 21:9 screen)
I just want to say, thanks you for your work. It means something to HK and me as well. No matter when and where you will be, I do believe the story and memory are engraved in HK and our mind. This is actual where and what HK is.
🖤🖤🖤
Beautifully crafted piece of work - interesting message and stunning imagery.
"The middle ground between the storytelling of documenting and the art of street photography" makes so much sense to me. Great job on this! Definitely one of my favourite videos from you.
Please continue to document your path through life. I would love to be a part of that through your video's and photography. Keep it up!
Bloody Fantastic………..
I really enjoyed the images at the end of this video you took. Theres an element of being free when it comes to street photography and taking pictures that will not get many likes on IG. It's our own interpretation to everyday life that can't be replicated by others.
Your videos are amazing! Thank you for inspiration
thank you so much for your amazing work, this helped me a lot to not quit for doing what I loved.
Wooow. Thank you for making these videos. Your photos really tell a lot of story.
A fantastic piece of work! I can't say more. Thank you!
You are just right, keep going, and we will follow your inspiration
I agree that very technical photos many times don't express a meaning, so it is important to capture things that make you feel something or that could represent a story or a moment even if it is "simple"
I really appreciates this video, it brings up so many important questions that we are all dealing with, we all have to deal with the existential situation we are in. ty
This is just sick 💖
We need same videos on your IG Reels as well that would be so lit.
I left my town 27 years ago. It’s completely changed. It’s like my memories of my time growing up there have been erased. No reference points just the geology of the mountains anchors my mind, but my time there is just an airbrushed memory. We are the true custodians of our time here, the documenters of a sliver of history. What once was my entire world is now a small insignificant place, but it is still my place, my original identity. Great video as usual. Truly unique!
Can 100% relate with that. Thanks for watching!
As always, very sensitive and wise ways of seeing around of...
Thank you.
Stunning !
amazing, like a short film. love it man, awesome work as always
Absolutely awesome work. A little masterpiece right here , im inspired. Thank you 💚
Thanks!
If I had to unfollow everyone on here and keep only one person to follow, it would be you. Damn is this beautiful.
Thanks man! 😌
First impression when watching this video was Wes Anderson, love the cinematic look and the saturated colors.
Excellent video and story.
Well done and thanks for sharing !
🙏🏻 thank you!
Ivan! Again thank you for the inspiration. you don’t waist any words communicating your thoughts.
👊🏻👊🏻 thanks man
This is amazing! Being somebody who grew up in the city right next to HK, this definitely adds a whole new layer to the story. Love your work! Keep pushing.
Thank you!
Thanks for coming back Ivan.
What a phenomenal piece of storytelling artwork. Fire, my guy. Fire🔥
Thank you!
brb jumped out of my seat with motivation.
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This is incredible. So beautiful, I strive to take photos that tell half the story yours do.
Thanks man 🙏🏻
I see so many street photographers struggling with their work while at the same time creating this amazing videos that are like works of art. To me most street photography is not so interesting this days, but this videos are awesome. The composition of the shots, the colors, the mood. To me videography is way more interesting than street photography lately. Thanks for this great video.
Thank you!
Great video once again! every shot is just beautiful
Thanks!
This is one of the best videos i have seen on TH-cam. And it could play in Film Festivals if i am honest. Congrats on the work. Massive respect!
Wow thank you! Means a lot to hear that 🙏🏻
@@ivunchow you got it😉🙌🙌
What a beautifully made and evocative work
Thanks!
One man standing ovation in my living room for when that fella appears in the VIDEO AND NOT PHOTO after the quote
Hugely enjoyed your thoughts on documentary photography. A while back I purchased Sergio Larrain's "London. 1959" and set about recreating those photos today but was a little disappointed with how, in my opinion, boring the shots were. Reframing my thoughts to focus on how those in the future may perceive things differently was helpful and echoes your thoughts above. The photos you partially showed off in your "Print more photos" video and this one leave me and clearly many others in awe - if you ever do publish a book with these, I will be sure to purchase one.
I appreciate all of your videos, I like the way you edit them, it's very inspiring. Can I ask you what software you use for editing? Thank you, hope to see more from you. Francesco
Thank you for this well-produced piece of inspiration! You got a new subscriber.
Clicked on this for HK:PM, stayed for the blind belief
Nice and wonderful. Just don't think 2 much. keep grinding
Hong Kong is a city full of life. At home, we say there are two kinds of people: those who indulge in self-pity and those who practice resilience.
Hi Ivan love your work!! May i ask what mic you use to record your voice please??
Great video, thanks for sharing your journey
I’ll say it again: superb.
You’re talented.
More please.
And greetings from soggy Portland, OR.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wow! outstanding video! thanks for that. 🙏
You are a filmmaker, photojournalist and storyteller Ivun. This one has a very somber tone. I hope you are well. Sad to see so many people shackled by their government. Making people wears masks outdoors, in the fresh air is ridiculous. Masks were noticeably absent in Greg's work. Did you notice that? I think street photography is the ultimate historical record, and you are doing valuable work. Be well.
Thanks Jk! It is what it is 🤷🏻♂️
Ivan thanks for this wonderful video. Beautifully shot, great still images and its obvious that you're a deep philosophical thinker about photography, about life and about HK. Been thinking quite a bit about HK lately - I lived and worked there for a while some 30 years ago and have been back several times. Back then my photography was on film. When I now see video or images of HK I'm infused with what I now realise is nostalgia for a different time, both in my life and how I remember HK. Reflection should be beneficial for all of us but I feel sadness too at times. So thanks again for this video and all your work. I truly appreciate it.
And I do have a copy of City of Darkness purchased new in HK in the 90s. Who can forget being in Kowloon City and looking up as planes came in for that landing at Kai Tak. Amazing!
hey, this inspires me a lot. i'm more or less in the same situation, moved away for a year and back in hk the summer, and trying my best to document things but it just doesn't feel the same as before. really put how i've been feeling into words & this video inspires me to take my camera more places :)
Happy to hear it!
Wow. Right in the feels!!! I think all Hk diaspora feels the same and can see the fading beauty and life of the city in decline. Thank you for documenting the scenes that many of us can’t visit or see and will never be the same again.
Beautiful video, thank you
Very pleased i've found your channel Ivan. SUBED
Thanks! 🙏🏻
Beautiful film and work.
Lovely as always! Love your story telling and the way you deliver thru out the video. I don’t know where to start here, but I’ll keep shooting. Thank you
Thanks!
To me, you're quite right.... 🙂
iv been watching your videos for like two weeks and god am i impressed with how professional and crazy ur videos are from the colors to the voice overs to the pictures and everything really u are probably one of my favorite content creator rn thank u for keeping up such an impressive quality
Glad you’re enjoying the videos, thank you! 🙏🏻
Great video, thanks!
clock is ticking for me in Bangkok as well
Thanks for this video.
There’s so much wind on this🌬✨
Inspiring message and photos. Hope you found your time in HK productive.
What I remembered learning from the "City of Darkness" was the insight and accompanying essays. It was how Girard broke through the stereotypical assumption that residents were drug dealers and gangsters. Those who remained in its final years had really found and made a home there. And they were forced out while the walled city gets gentrified.
Now, like many of your photos showed in this essay, it's happening again under the guise as redevelopment.
That book is massive, so much to digest. I haven’t read everything yet, gotta get back to it!
Cool VDO and nice vibes !
This is too beautiful. It reminds me of 80s japan movies
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Really excellent work.
man i love your work
man this video was so so good. i had to get my laptop out just to type this comment and let you know. the vulnerability in your words about photography and documenting HK is very relatable. let alone all the effort you put into the b-roll, sound design, creative shots, and editing. i can tell you give it your all and that's super inspiring and admirable! wishing you all the best with this visit back home. big fan of greg's work as well. he has taught me so much about letting your photos age and to get in close with your subject matter. you are building something special, i hope you listen to your own words!
You too man, can’t wait to see that doc you’re putting together. Hope to work on a project like that sometime in the future! 💪🏻
You're so right...🎯
Thank You IVAN!!!
Love your work Ivan! True inspiration, I miss Hong Kong and this brings me back and also with New Perspectives, thank you. Also really love your story telling!
incredible work
Absolutely extraordinary video!!!
Thanks!
Yep, 'The past is another country'. We crystallize it in our teenage years. I'd be lost in the city I was born in, that I once found so easy to get around. Even where I live now has changed in 19 years. Every time you see construction work its an opportunity to record transition. The one constant of the universe is that nothing is constant. Before you know it you'll be a grumpy old man like me, wondering why its all different.
Your vlogs are very evocative, as ever.
I’m already a grumpy old man inside 😅
@@ivunchow I've just spotted that the jacket I put on this morning is from Hong Kong, so if you bump into 'Victor the Tailor' of Kowloon you can let him know one of his jackets has made it to Scotland.
Enjoy your sojourn in HK, fingers crossed that things don't change too much.
great video!
Love your work , point of view and grading also
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Amazing work! Great story telling. Great production. Thank you 🙏🏻
❤️👏👏👏👏❤️
Take pictures for your own pleasure and relax. That’s all there is to it. Document your own family and your own life.
Bravo! Maybe your new way of looking at HK, with a feeling of now being an outsider, will ultimately help you focus on your project as you are indeed seeing things differently now and the transformations are more obvious. Look for the dichotomies between what you knew and what you see now, and perhaps what you'll find that what you're looking for is there in the shadows or hiding in plain sight.
Lovely
Bravo
I was mesmerized for 14 minutes!
🙏🏻😌
Such a phenomenal video with an incredible amount of thought and direction. Great work brother 👏🏾
Thanks Gajan!
This was truly inspirational - from the content and message; to the cinematography and the dialogue - Bravo my friend!
Went through the whole footage and listened how you fight with the struggles, this is an emotional clip to me because the area where I was born and raised participated, as it facing major transition, shops and kai fong (local residents) that lasted for decades will completely faded away.
I spent my teenage years out of HK and studied abroad, had the same feeling every-time when messing around the neighborhood, luckily found my own way through knowledge, the photo-walk means alot to me not just photography, sadly that's the cruelest part, when you witness your own community totally destroyed by the Bulldozer.
Thank you for your inspiration😁
🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wow, just wow!
I began a motorcycle adventure TH-cam channel last year and since then I’ve hardly touched my cameras.
Once upon a time photography was my life… my passion, my being.
I lost passion and enthusiasm because I stopped taking pictures for myself, instead focusing on the responses from the public.
Your channel, and more particularly this video have given me the focus and inspiration that has been missing.
Thank you for the wonderful body of work, I truly appreciate you. ✌️
That’s so awesome to hear, thanks!
Ivan you're amazing
😌
Really enjoying these
Thanks!
Brilliant 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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i love your work so much
Thank you 🙏🏻
Absolutely beautiful! I just loved everything about this from your discussion of Greg Girard, to your stunning photographs and storytelling. Thank you for this, it’s important work.
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This is so good man.
Thank you!
killing video, keep going!
Thanks!
It’s such a treat when you upload…truly enjoyed this one as always.
Ivan your videos and photography are amazing. I have started to do photography about a year and few months ago. Your channel inspires me to go out and try to do my best work. I wish I could get on the level you are at. Keep up the amazing work! Also any tips for a noob photographer would be amazing. I’m self taught. I understand you are a busy man. Anything from anyone would be appreciated.
Happy to hear it! Just keep shooting and make sure you’re having fun while doing it. Might sound cliche, but it’s something that I constantly have to remind myself to do. 💪🏻
This is some of the best work I’ve seen recently. It‘s funny, before you even mentioned Greg Girard, I thought that your work somehow reminded me of his. Not that you’re copying his style or anything like that, but your work evokes a similar feeling in me. I‘m very curious to see you progress with this body of work 👌
Thanks Vincent 😌🙏🏻
That was a remarkable video dude...started off as a beautiful love letter to HK and then moved seamlessly into an inspirational reminder to everyone about the joy and importance of photography...thank you so much for making and sharing this...superb
Thanks!
Excellent work as always my friend. Been in a slump lately with my photography and this was very motivating for me.
Hope you get out of it asap 💪🏻
Stunning images in the truest sense of street photography. A beautiful insight into HK now, and how it has evolved from the place it holds in your memories. Yours are the only videos I watch where I click 'theatre view' and turn my phone to airplane mode to be immersed in the experience. The angst you portrayed in the video are almost painful to observe. I hope you have happiness in equal measure!
Might not seem like it, but there is happiness in there for sure.
Bro, really love the cassette and music in the early part of the video. Always inspired by your words and pictures. I keep watching it again and again
Always appreciate the support man, thanks 🙏🏻