In 2021, I made a photo album called A Walk inspired by Fan Ho. The photographs were originally shot in color. But I chose to present the photos in black and white, because I was drawn to the artist way of seeing: the light, the shadows, the quiet streets, and the people caught somewhere in between.
Years later, I looked back at the album again. This time, I started to feel that something was missing. Looking at the portraits again, I began to wonder if they could tell me more about the people in them. Who were they? Where were they? What surrounded them? What were they wearing?
So I went back to A walk inspired by Fan Ho and revisited the portraits in color, to see what other stories might appear when the color is brought back. It was nice to see how much context the colors brought back to the photographs, revealing details and stories that felt less visible in the black-and-white versions.
