Sabukaru: Before the Bubble Era: Memories from Japan by Greg Girard
“The saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” may be an overused cliché, but it breaks down the power of images and their influence on how we perceive our surroundings. People remember best what they see and process visuals 60 000 times faster than text. In fact, we can understand what an image means […]
Inside Hook: A New Book Features Otherworldly Photographs of Japan in the 1970s
“Every city is home to thousands of stories. If you look through photographer Greg Girard’s new book JAL 76-88, you’ll find dozens of evocative images taken across Japan in the 1970s and 1980s. Some feature neon-drenched urban landscapes, the kind of haunted cityscape that seems tailor-made for the opening shot of a film noir.” View full article […]
Aesthetica Magazine: A Neon-Soaked City
Ridley Scott’s film adaptation of Blade Runner came out in 1982. It’s since become the blueprint for high-tech, neon-soaked dystopia and cyberpunk aesthetics: cities emblazoned with colourful billboards and 24-hour artificial light. Six years prior to its release, Canadian photographer Greg Girard (b. 1955) arrived in Tokyo. “Blade Runner-esque” had yet to enter the lexicon, and he […]
Vancouver Sun: Rare rock-star vintage photos pair with vintage and contemporary pieces in stunning Vancouver exhibition
A couple from Madrid was recently in Vancouver for their honeymoon. Walking down Water Street in Gastown, they came across an arresting vision in the window at Inform Interiors — a cool pad that mixes vintage and contemporary furniture. Pulling it all together was the art on the wall, a trio of giant photos of Led Zeppelin and the Mission […]
The Times, UK: Tokyo Nights: 1970s adn 1980s Japan in Photos
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South China Morning Post: HK UNSEEN: images of Hong Kong in the 1980s by Greg Girard
Canadian photographer Greg Girard spent the 1980s roaming the streets and capturing Hong Kong as he saw it. Read the full article here
Atlas Obscura: The Strange Saga of Kowloon Walled City
The most densely populated city on Earth had only one postman. His round was confined to an area barely a hundredth of a square mile in size. Yet within that space was a staggering number of addresses: 350 buildings, almost all between 10 and 14 stories high, occupied by 8,500 premises, 10,700 households, and more than […]
The Face: Inside the mystery of Kowloon’s Walled City
When photographer Greg Girard (@gregforaday) visited Hong Kong in the mid-70s, he’d heard of a mysterious community set in the heart of the country, where prostitutes and priests lived side-by-side, and drug addicts and children walked the same halls. He’d never seen pictures, nor did he know anyone who had visited. Read the full article here
Design Boom: TOP 10 reader submissions of 2019 – photography to change perspectives
in addition to the numerous architecture and design projects, our readers have also delighted us with a variety of intriguing photography series in 2019. not just beautifully composed images, over the past year we have enjoyed many submissions that also alter reality, raise awareness of a specific social issue, or simply take us on a journey […]
Business Insider: Inside Hong Kong’s lawless ‘walled city’ — the most crowded place on Earth for 40 years
From the 1950s until 1994, over 33,000 people lived and worked in Kowloon Walled City, a massive complex of 300 interconnected buildings that took up a city block. Read the full article here