New Hong Kong Photozine: Photography＿＿Studies Exhibition Part 2

Zen Foto Gallery

Finished

Artists

Wong Sin, Shott.dream, Peter Sam, Etienne Leung, Freedomgum, Zeon, Joe Lee, Kinho Lam, Chan Long Hei

“Photography＿＿Studies” was founded by Hong Kong photographer Chow san in January 2021. Last year in February, Zen Foto held its first photo zine exhibition, presenting and selling the first 12 issues of “Photography＿＿Studies” and photozines self-published by the Hong Kong artists who were featured in “Photography＿＿Studies”.

Chow san founded the photozine series “Photography＿＿Studies”, hoping to showcase different works of photography created by artists in Hong Kong. He saw that while a variety of photographic art and artists exist in Hong Kong, few of them are being introduced by the mainstream media in Hong Kong. Instead of simply presenting them on the internet or social media like how these artists usually publicize them on their Instagram accounts, Chow decided to do it on printed matter to let readers hold the work in their hands and decide whether they like the artist's work, as well as whether to buy and own the zine as a presentation form of the work while offering the zine in an affordable price for anyone to purchase.

Chow named the photo zine “Photography＿＿Studies” because he wants to leave it open for everyone to have a different perspective towards photography, which is originally the way things are for art. What goes in the underscore/blank can be the study of philosophy, aesthetics of photography, or even a “non-study” of photography, according to Chow.

Schedule

Jun 9 (Fri) 2023-Jul 8 (Sat) 2023