青春留影

A black and white picture he picked up fortuitously among discarded furniture sparked Adrian’s interest in old photographs. His fondness for them goes beyond these faded prints. Negatives, old photo holders and albums are things he also collects. He is especially intrigued by old-style photographic studios and their vintage wooden cameras. A common interest has brought Ricky, a collector of old historical photographs of Hong Kong, and Adrian together to share photographs of old Hong Kong beyond the photographic studios.

Adrian還記得大學一年級時在街上的廢棄傢俬中看到一堆黑白照片，其中一張「全家福」特別吸引他，可能因為他正在學黑白照片沖晒的關係，他就執了那張被人棄掉的照片。就是從一張陌生人的全家幅開始，Adrian展開了四年的收藏之旅。 Adrian鍾情影樓舊物，收藏不限於舊照片，還有底片、相套、舊相簿等。看著自己愈來愈多的藏品，每件都引發疑問。他不滿足於只是擁有，更希望了解影像背後的意義；既然沒法一一接觸被攝者，他唯有訪尋攝影師。走訪碩果僅存的傳統影樓，不單向前輩求學，更收得60年代香港製造的木頭相機，可算是意外收穫。 Adrian認識了收藏香港歷史照片近二十年的Ricky，互相分享藏品，細看影樓以外的舊香港。