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HK-based platform bringing people together via photobooks; focus on community-led dialogue and decentralised leadership.
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#41 Photobook Club: “Windows” Co-facilitating with Helen Leung @soft.groundprod Can a single architectural detail carry an entire photobook? 🪟✨ For our 41st meetup, we are diving deep into the world of windows. Continuing our architecture thread from last time, we are thrilled to have window-obsessor Helen Leung stepping in as our guest co-host! Windows aren’t just glass and frames—they are thresholds between public and private worlds, frames within frames, and mirrors of society. We’ll be group-reading five incredible books to decode exactly how and why these artists became fixated on them: Bela Vista – Preston Hartwick Mannequin – Lee Friedlander How Sweet I Roam’d – Gabriel Lee Tokyo Compression – Michael Wolf Metropolis – Barbara Wolff 單一建築細節能否貫穿整本攝影書？ 🪟✨ 我們將於第 41 場攝影書交流會中深入探索窗的世界。延續上一次關於建築的主題，閾限谷邀請到窗戶愛好者Helen Leung 一同主持！ 窗戶不僅是玻璃與框架的組合，它們構成公共世界與私人​​世界之間的界限，形成框中之框，反映出社會的鏡像。我們將一同閱讀五本攝影書，探討藝術家為何對窗戶著迷，以及他們是如何透過窗戶看見不同風景。 Date 日期: Wednesday, 28th Oct Time 時間: 7–9 pm Venue 地點: Goethe-Institut, 14/f HK Arts Centre Language 語言: In English, supplemented with Cantonese 英語主講，粵語輔助 Max 人數上限: 12 Fee 費用: Free to join 免費參加 Registration 報名: link in bio —————————————— Photos by Helen Leung @soft.groundprod (Top Left) “Bela Vista” by Preston Hartwick. Image from Cheung Chau Wave (Top Right) “Mannequin” by Lee Friedlander. Image from Fraenkel Gallery (Bottom Left) “How Sweet I Roam’d” by Gabriel Lee. Image from Instagram (Bottom Middle) “Tokyo Compression” by Michael Wolf. Image from shashasha (Bottom Right) “Metropolis” by Barbara Wolff. Image from barbarawolff.eu Flyer design: Jimi Tsang @jimitsang Thank you venue partner: @goetheinstitut_hk by @phoboko
Photozine workshop - transform your stories into print, one page at a time 📖. Not sure what the workshop entails? Have a look at the session breakdown to see what we’ll be exploring together 😎. 不確定工作坊會包含什麼內容 👀？ 可以先看看每一節的內容，了解我們會一起探索什麼 😎。 📍 BOAF, Prince Edward 🗓 03/11–24/11 (Tues) + 12/12 (Sat) showcase + sharing ⏰ 7–10pm 💬 Cantonese (with English support) 💰 $2,600 | 10 spots only 👉🏻 Register here: (link in Phoboko Bio) Workshop Facilitators: Michelle Chan (@little.rice) Jimi Tsang (@jimitsang) Jethro Chan (@printingroomhk) 📍 BOAF, 太子 🗓 03/11–24/11（星期二） + 12/12（星期六）成果展 + 公眾分享 ⏰ 7–10pm 💬 主要以廣東話進行，輔以英語 💰 $2,600 | 名額 10 位 👉🏻 報名 by @phoboko
We are hosting the 3rd iteration of our photozine workshop!!! Do you have ideas that want a book form to hold? Photographs that want to be organised into a story? Join our photozine workshop — a guided journey from ideation to print, where you’ll explore a story you want to tell and shape it into a handmade zine. Over four weeks, we’ll move together through sequencing, materials, binding, and printing, transforming your images and ideas into zine form. You’ll receive practical support and creative exchange in a small, welcoming group, and the journey concludes with a group showcase + public sharing at 1:1 studio (@121bookstudio) — a space devoted to listening, reading, and making through books — celebrating your work through exhibition, conversation, and community. For this round, we’re keeping the group small and intimate, and introducing a custom photozine workbook to help you start working with your materials right away. There will also be a hands-on session on materials — exploring paper and binding choices — and a public sharing segment on showcase day to practise articulating your work to others. 📍 BOAF, Prince Edward 🗓 03/11–24/11 (Tues) + 12/12 (Sat) showcase + sharing ⏰ 7–10pm 💬 Cantonese (with English support) 💰 $2,600 | 10 spots only 👉🏻 Register here: (link in Phoboko Bio) Workshop Facilitators: Michelle Chan (@little.rice) Jimi Tsang (@jimitsang) Jethro Chan (@printingroomhk) 我們即將舉辦第三屆攝影小誌工作坊！！！ 你是否有一些想法，渴望以書的形式承載？有一些照片，等待被組織成一個故事？歡迎加入我們的攝影小誌工作坊——一段從發想到印製的引導旅程，幫助你發掘想訴說的故事，並將它化為一本手作小誌。 在四週的時間裡，我們將一起探索編輯排序、材料選擇、裝訂與印製，將你的影像與想法轉化為小誌的形態。在小組中，你會獲得實作的支援及創意的交流。旅程的最後，我們將於《1：1工作室》 (@121bookstudio) 舉辦小組展覽與公開分享——這是一個致力於透過書籍形式來聆聽、閱讀與創作的空間——以展覽、對話與社群，分享你的作品。 這一屆，我們將維持小而親密的小組，並推出來自我們的經驗而自創的攝影小誌實踐手冊，協助你與自己的素材對話。工作坊亦設有材料實作環節，帶領你認識紙張與裝訂的選擇；並在展覽日加入公開分享時段，練習向他人表達你的創作。 📍 BOAF, 太子 🗓 03/11–24/11（星期二） + 12/12（星期六）成果展 + 公眾分享 ⏰ 7–10pm 💬 主要以廣東話進行，輔以英語 💰 $2,600 | 名額 10 位 👉🏻 報名 by @phoboko
#40 Photobook Club: “Obliquely Architecture” Co-hosting with Nicola Ho - a wall enthusiast Architecture is part and parcel of city life. In Hong Kong, we’re constantly confronted with images of the skyline and famous landmarks. But what about other kinds of buildings? How do we perceive and read architecture—through photography, drawing, or simply by walking through the city? At the end of the month, Phoboko will hold a Photobook Club session at LUMO. In this session, we’ll look at a range of “architecture” photobooks—from Bernd and Hilla Becher to Hiroshi Sugimoto—and explore these questions together, considering how photobooks can aid and even change the way we read architecture. 第四十場攝影書交流會：「迂迴的建築」 與 Nicola Ho 一同主持——她是一位「牆」愛好者 建築是城市生活中不可或缺的一部分。在香港，我們經常面對天際線和著名地標的影像。但其他類型的建築呢？我們如何感知和解讀建築——是透過攝影、繪畫，還是單純地走在城市中？ 這個月尾，閾限谷將於 LUMO 舉辦一場攝影書交流會。這次，我們將一起探讀一系列以「建築」為主題的攝影書——由 Bernd 與 Hilla Becher 到杉本博司（Hiroshi Sugimoto）——並共同探討上述問題，思考攝影書如何幫助，甚至改變我們閱讀建築的方式。 Date 日期: 2026.9.28 (Mon 星期一) Time 時間: 7–9 pm Venue 地點: LUMO, 12F, Foo Tak Building, 365–367 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai 香港灣仔軒尼詩道 365–367 號富德樓 12 字樓 Language 語言: In English, supplemented with Cantonese 英語主講，粵語輔助 Max 人數上限: 12 Fee 費用: Free to join 免費參加 Registration 報名: link in bio https://forms.gle/g65dabeZR42DGFJL7 —————————————— Image credits: (Top) “Blocks” by Dustin Sham. Image from [shashasha]. (Middle) “Framework Houses” by Bernd and Hilla Becher. Image from the MIT Press. (Left) “Guggenheim Museum, New York” by Hiroshi Sugimoto. Image from Hiroshi Sugimoto. (Right) “Looking Through LeCorbusier Windows” by Takashi Homma. Image from Koenig Books. Photos credit and flyer design: Jimi Tsang by @phoboko
Streetwise・Martin Bell・Documentary・1984・1 hr 31 min This unflinching look at teens living on the streets of Seattle was one of the first documentaries to deal with the ever-growing plight of homelessness among young people. It began as a Life magazine article by photojournalist Mary Ellen Mark and writer Cheryl McCall. Mark and her husband, director Martin Bell, then went back to Seattle to film the daily lives of the throwaways and runaways. Mark published a book of her photographs under the title “Streetwise” in 1988. 這部毫不掩飾地展現西雅圖街頭青少年生活的紀錄片，是最早關注日益嚴重的青少年無家可歸問題的紀錄片之一。它最初是攝影記者Mark Ellen Mark和作家Cheryl McCall為《LIFE》雜誌撰寫的一篇文章。之後，Mark和她的丈夫、導演Martin Bell返西雅圖，拍攝了這些被遺棄者和離家出走者的日常生活。 1988年，Mark出版了她的攝影集《Streetwise》。 Date & Time: August 13th Thur 19:30 Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong Post screening discussion with @phoboko featuring the photobook “Streetwise” and other related photobooks DM @liquidity.crisis.film.society to register * Phoboko is a community platform that brings people together through photobooks and the topics they contain. In addition to workshops and community events, Phoboko also runs Photobook Club meetings where photobooks are used as "social objects" for dialogues and knowledge exchange between participants. by @phoboko
A very playful way for @lenarashi to include all her unfinished ideas into a zine!!! 做住zine 「小 bin 子」 by Zinedinger 好多嘢想做，好多嘢未做，唔知做咩先，唔知點做好，omgomgomgommgomgomg做住先？做住先????….做住sin la.. ….做住zine by @phoboko
@thientyly imagined his collection of photos as two rolls of Ektar film in this accordion fold photo book dummy. Here is what he had to say: Effervescence: A Glimpse of Rajasthan Thien-Ty Ly In 2024, I spent two weeks in Rajasthan shooting 48 rolls of film, over 1,500 images. From these, only two rolls were selected for this zine. The accordion format unfolds like a 135mm film strip, presenting 72 images front and back. The front side focuses on street scenes and the reverse, on landscapes. This selection celebrates the vivid palette of Ektar 100 through subtle diptych compositions. by @phoboko
This book made by @shekarino.rockyoubaby lies somewhere between documentary and mystical. The colors, pairings and sequence draws you in! He’s exhibiting the project at @ejar.ragora , opening this Saturday!!!! Come through! 亞公岩石 by 石寶鈞 A Kung Ngam Village is situated in Shau Kei Wan, next to photographer Shek Po Kwan’s studio. His visual explorations, and personal interactions with inhabitants, document the unique materiality and social fabric of an area on the cusp of redevelopment. by @phoboko
A beautiful zine sequenced in color by @capture.aura made during our workshop: On Seeing the Sea and Thing By Ray Tang This is a photographic zine about preference, attention, and the act of looking. Originating from a university philosophy assignment, the work began as a simple exercise: to photograph whatever naturally caught the eye, and to consider what those choices might reveal. Moving from blue to orange, the zine drifts from the sea, open water, and distant light toward art, architecture, and human-made spaces. Through this shift, the images reflect on what we notice, what we return to, and how these quiet preferences shape the way we see the world. by @phoboko
A zine made to process the artist’s job as a divorce lawyer and desire to show gratitude to her loving family. Remains by Ness Chui “The said marriage has broken down irretrievably.” “The Respondent has behaved in such a way that the Petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with the Respondent.” “Remains” is a photozine that explores the beginnings and ends of romantic connection, through the lens of the photographer’s work as a divorce lawyer and as a daughter in a loving family. Warm and affectionate photos are contrasted against cold and scathing words, showing the potentially persistent doubts that accompany vulnerability arising from intimacy as well as the ghost of memories that endure notwithstanding irreparable and fatal wounds. by @phoboko
New York by Deep Chan! Here is what he had to say: In 2025, I flew from Hong Kong to New York as a street photographer. I have always seen New York photographers’ work — consistently outstanding. As a Hong Kong outsider going there to shoot, I asked: what difference would it make? This zine explores: Is the quality of a photograph determined by the place, or by the person? by @phoboko
A look at William Yung’s dummy version of his work in progress: Pedagogy of the Compressed William Yung Pedagogy of the Compressed is a coming of age zine about reflecting about my education. Inspired by my experiences returning to Hong Kong and teaching at my childhood school, the zine maps personal and Hong Kong history into one mythology where identity exists in a constant space of liminality, nestled in a complex web of cultural and academic expectations. I hope that the zine can communicate the feelings of anxiety and confusion I’ve personally experienced and observed in older and younger generations of Hong Kongers which come from my strong feelings as an educator and artist to guide myself and others to deeper understanding and action. by @phoboko

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