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Photographer
Lecturer, Division of Humanities, HKUST
Birdy Chu is an artist, photographer, film maker and also lecturer; he is lecturing in the Humanities of the HKUST now. Birdy was majoring in design, film & video production and advanced photography in Hong Kong and Canada. He has worked as photojournalist, video director, art curator and lecturer. His photography & films has been exhibited at many cities. He employs visual images to show his concerns on social development and leaves evidence to this ever changing world.
朱迅是一位藝術家、攝影師，短片導演。 畢業於香港理工大學設計系，在加拿大進修電影、錄像製作及進階攝影。 從事過攝影記者、導演、講師、及藝術策展人。 他的攝影及短片於多國城市展覽，作品更入選香港藝術雙年獎2009，國家地理攝影大賽2012，亞洲當代藝術獎2013，及香港流動影片節最受歡迎流動影片大獎2016。 透過影像去關注社會，是朱迅的生活哲學，為幻變的城市留下見證、記憶。
Representative Publication: 《HK 1997》
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In 1841, Britain took over Hong Kong, and started 156 years of colonial governance. 1997 was the year of Handover, a critical historic moment for Hong Kong, China and Britain. As a Hong Kong photographer, I decided to make a documentation project about this historic year. And I started this project on the first hour of 1997, capturing all sorts of unforgettable moments through the year, before and after the handover. Now it has been a quarter of a century, Hong Kong has rapidly changed. 2022 is the 25th anniversaries of the Handover, which is a very important year for Hong Kong and China. It is the right time to look back at the year 1997, rethink and review some old memories, sceneries of that unique transition throughout world history. This photography project witnessed the transformation of our city, landscape, social development and also people’s feelings.
1841年英國佔領香港，開始了長達156年的殖民統治； 有人說，要等150多年才可以見證1997這次回歸！ 為了紀錄這段重要歷史，我特意回流香港；開始攝影計劃，把這政權過度交替的時刻、改朝換代的時空，用影像記住 ... 一眨眼己四分一個世紀，回歸後的香港，進入了另一時代；2022年是回歸25年的重要日子，所以現在正是時候， 回看25年前的香港是怎模樣？1997年可說是分水嶺的一年，告別英殖的懷抱，逐漸走向祖國的步伐。 這個攝影展，大家可重溫、回憶，這個名為東方之珠的一些情懷。
Project Team:
- Birdy CHU, Division of Humanities
- Qiuzi GUO, Division of Humanities & Library
- Holly CHAN, Library
- Sammi CHENG, student helper
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