OPPORTUNITY

Finalist

Pierfrancesco CELADA - Where It Never Rains

Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #1, Where It Never Rains
Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #2, Where It Never Rains
Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #3, Where It Never Rains
Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #4, Where It Never Rains
Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #5, Where It Never Rains
Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #6, Where It Never Rains
Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #7, Where It Never Rains
Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #8, Where It Never Rains
Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #9, Where It Never Rains
Pierfrancesco CELADA Untitled #10, Where It Never Rains

Biography

Pierfrancesco Celada (b. 1979) completed a PhD in Biomechanics in 2010, and has since been working on a series of long-term studies investigating contemporary living.

He has recently been selected to take part in the EPEA03 – European Photo Exhibition Award with his project ‘Milano, Fuorinovanta’, putting on exhibitions in Paris, Viareggio, Hamburg and Oslo.

Among Celada’s awards were: the Happiness ONTHEMOVE Award (2017), the Photolux Leica Award (2014), and the Ideastap and Magnum Photos Photographic Award (2011).

He interned at Magnum Photos, London in 2011 and his work has been exhibited and published internationally in publications including Newsweek, The New York Times, Time Lightbox, i-D, LaRepubblica, Vogue, Amica, D-Repubblica, and Leap.

He has been based in Hong Kong since 2014.

Project Statement

‘Life is full of opportunities, the problem is to recognise them when they present themselves.’ Tiziano Terzani

Every day, on our way to school, to work or back to home, thousands of people are constantly forced through an archipelago of privately owned properties, shopping centres and transportation hubs, mutually interconnected by a maze of underground tunnels and covered footbridges.

In the Mall-Densest city, where there is one mall per square mile, the Mall offers an unlimited source of opportunities to Hong Kong citizens. This is a place where people create collective memories, socialise, build a sense of community and, during the hot summer months, have a breath of fresh air.

The Mall is not only the core of Hong Kong’s retail-based economy; it is where one can find accommodation, food supplies, entertainment and the chance to interact.

We could live our entire life without ever having to leave these modern fortresses; the basic units of Hong Kong contemporary urbanism, and perhaps a glimpse into the futuristic city.

The Mall offers the same opportunities of the more traditional public square; a contemporary agora where interconnections are made but where, inevitably, it will never rain.