Life in Kowloon Walled City
Published by Watermark, UK 2023
27 × 27 cm, 2.8 kg
Hard cover, 356 pages
English
ISBN: 978-1873200889
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Before it was demolished in the 1990s, Kowloon Walled City was the most densely populated place on earth — a maze of stacked buildings, hidden corridors, neon light, and improvised living.
City of Darkness is the definitive record of that world.
Photographed over years by Greg Girard and carefully researched and photographed by Ian Lambot, this book goes far beyond urban legend. It shows real families, businesses, rooftops, schools, dentists, factories — an entire community built inside concrete chaos.
Dark, cinematic, and deeply human, the images capture both the claustrophobia and the strange beauty of the Walled City. The detailed texts and floor plans add historical depth, turning this into more than a photobook — it’s a document of a vanished city.
A cult classic.
Essential for fans of urban history, architecture, documentary photography, and Hong Kong culture.
Life in Kowloon Walled City
Published by Watermark, UK 2023
27 × 27 cm, 2.8 kg
Hard cover, 356 pages
English
ISBN: 978-1873200889
+++
Before it was demolished in the 1990s, Kowloon Walled City was the most densely populated place on earth — a maze of stacked buildings, hidden corridors, neon light, and improvised living.
City of Darkness is the definitive record of that world.
Photographed over years by Greg Girard and carefully researched and photographed by Ian Lambot, this book goes far beyond urban legend. It shows real families, businesses, rooftops, schools, dentists, factories — an entire community built inside concrete chaos.
Dark, cinematic, and deeply human, the images capture both the claustrophobia and the strange beauty of the Walled City. The detailed texts and floor plans add historical depth, turning this into more than a photobook — it’s a document of a vanished city.
A cult classic.
Essential for fans of urban history, architecture, documentary photography, and Hong Kong culture.
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