Fan Ho (1931-2016) was one of Hong Kong’s most renowned photographers. Having moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong in 1949, he captured Hong Kong streets and people’s daily lives during the 50s and 60s, amidst the city’s economic transformation. Fan Ho often composed his photographs with unique geometrical compositions and textures, while creating a sense of atmosphere with the interplay of light and shadow. With the collaboration between the Fan Ho Foundation and Blue Lotus Gallery, Kyoto Benrido has created a collotype portfolio containing six of Fan Ho’s signature works, with each print handmade by master printers in Benrido’s atelier.

About Benrido Collotype Atelier:
Benrido was established in 1887 as a small rental bookshop which evolved into a well established fine-art photography department, printing and publishing company.
In the 1880s, the collotype printing process was introduced to Kyoto and by 1905 Benrido had begun producing collotypes. Collotype is one of the earliest forms of printing techniques and was invented in France in 1855 by Alphonse Poitevin as a method for photographic fine art printing. Due to the high level of print and archival quality, it has since been used primarily as a way to reproduce and preserve Japan’s National Treasures and cultural properties. Today Benrido Collotype Atelier remains as one of only a few studios left in the world capable of producing fine colour collotype prints.

何藩（1931-2016）是香港最著名的攝影師之一。 1949 年從上海移居香港後，致力捕捉五、六十年代正值經濟轉型時期的香港街頭上人們的日常生活畫面。何藩經常以獨特的幾何和紋理構圖，擅長通過光影的相互作用營造出引人入勝的氛圍感。在 何藩基金會 和 Blue Lotus Gallery 的協作下，京都便利堂為何藩創作了一系列珂羅版作品集，當中包含其六幅作品，每幅版畫均由便利堂工作室的印刷大師手工製作。

關於京都便利堂：
便利堂 成立於 1887 年，最初是一家小型出租書店，後來發展成為一家美術攝影部門、印刷和出版公司。1880 年代，珂羅版印刷工藝被引入京都，到 1905 年，便利堂 開始生產珂羅版印刷。珂羅版是最早期的攝影美術印刷技術形式之一，於 1855 年由 Alphonse Poitevin 在法國發明，其印刷和成品質量非常高，此後主要用作複製和保存日本國寶和文化財產的一種印刷方式。至今，京都便利堂 仍然是世界上為數不多能夠製作精美彩色珂羅版印刷品的工作室之一。