Photobook flip of Hong Kong photographer Benny Lam’s latest TRAPPED／侷住, shortlisted this year for Prix Pictet Awards.
In 2012, one series of photos shed direct light on the housing problems in Hong Kong. They were taken from a bird’s eye view and showed sub-divided units, which drew local and international attention.
In 2016, Society for Community Organization (SoCO) are working with photographer Benny Lam again to jointly organize a “Living Under Constraint” photo exhibition. Over 50 new photos are included, in a sequence of six series, all showing life in the 100sq ft “flats”.
Benny Lam, a member of HKIPP Over the last decade Benny has been active in a range of creative media, and recently he has devoted himself to photography with a view to revealing the conditions of the underprivileged in Hong Kong. From affluence to poverty, from business to charity, he walks around the streets and alleys of dilapidated districts, using light and viewpoints intelligently to capture scenes that are rarely seen in the city to record the lives of the hidden communities.
TRAPPED／侷住 by Benny Lam is available at The Saltyard Photobook Store.
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Is there any possible way to obtain a copy of this photobook? – am really interested in getting my hands on one.
I would like to order the document trapped. The point of vieuw of Benny lam i would like to schare With my photo studentes.
Remarkable photo set. It really depicts the tough and horrid life of grassroots in Hong Kong.