TRANSITION

Finalist

SHEK Ming Fai Phil - Louis Daguerre’s Nightmare

SHEK Ming Fai Phil Sir Charles Elliot (Administrator) | 26 January 1841 - 12 August 1841
SHEK Ming Fai Phil Sir Mark Aitchison Young | 6 September 1941 - 25 December 1941 | 1 May 1946 - 17 May 1947
SHEK Ming Fai Phil Sir Murray MacLehose | 19 November 1971 - 8 May 1982
SHEK Ming Fai Phil Sir Edward Youde | 20 May 1982 - 4 December 1986
SHEK Ming Fai Phil Chris Patten | 9 July 1992- 30 June 1997
SHEK Ming Fai Phil Tung Chee-hwa | 1 July 1997 - 12 March 2005
SHEK Ming Fai Phil Donald Tsang | 21 June 2005 - 30 June 2012
SHEK Ming Fai Phil Leung Chun-ying | 1 July 2012 - 30 June 2017
SHEK Ming Fai Phil Carrie Lam | 1 July 2017 (Incumbent)

Biography

Phil SHEK is a photographic artist who focuses on the documentary attribute. He enjoys exploring photography as a medium from traditional aesthetics to digital immersive technology. He believes that the highest form of a photographic moment is an evidence, which marks the second that a person awakens from the illusion of reality. He is now an instructor of photography and visual communication in School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. He has received the Photography Award at the Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition and his work was collected by Hong Kong Heritage Museum.

Project Statement

Once upon a time, a cat that wants to obtain wisdom and knowledge puts her head into a History bookshelf. She got stuck and died.

Medium: Digital flat copies of laser printouts