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Wing Wong transports us to a space in which light transforms nature. By The Sea shows how the gaze of the artist may reduce nature to a game in which lines, light and reflection may combine to the infinite. It seems there was not a beginning not an end. The sea was there to be captured by the sensibility of the artist, just at a particular moment. One can see how long the artist awaited to capture the exquisite moment in which light ripped the waters.

Wing Wong (1964) has studied Arts in China and USA. He works as a photographer.

" To me, photography is about capturing the relations between light, line, form and shape. It does not matter what the subject matter is. Upon the same image, different people will have their own feeling, mood and perspective. I never lead the viewers to any direction, it's the viewer's free will. In my works, I suggest, but not conclude.

Hong Kong is a city by the sea, it changed from a fishery village into a logistic, commercial city under the ruling of Britain. Then China took it back again in 1997 and now is a financial center. Things changed a lot. But to me, the mood of 'By the sea' has not changed a bit. I have been working on this series since 2006 and it's still expanding...” (2011, Wing Wong)

 

Other works:

 

By The Sea no. 9 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 13 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 16 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 22 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 30 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 42 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.
By The Sea no. 43 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 44 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 47 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 52 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 53 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.	By The Sea no. 59 (2010), Silver gelatin on fiber based paper, 24 x 36 cm.

Limited edition of eight copies of each original. All of them are titled (Chinese and English), numbered and signed. Printed in silver gelatin on fiber based paper.