Handmade Photo-books
Photographs by Hang Tam
Published by Hang Tam
172 pages, color photos
H26.5 × 20 × 2.5 cm, 0.5 kg
Limited Edition of 133
A Paper Architecture of the Telephone Booth
Hang Tam’s eleventh handmade photobook transforms Hong Kong’s collective memory of public telephone booths and the iconic Yellow Pages directory into a sculptural publication.
The book was shortlisted for the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles (Les Rencontres d’Arles, France).
One of the book’s most intimate gestures is Tam’s pencil rubbings of old Hong Kong coins printed within the pages—an evocation of the tactile ritual of inserting coins to make a phone call.
The artist poses a quiet yet piercing question:
“If you had one coin in your hand, would you call me?”
Photographs of phone booths, directories, and mobile devices are interwoven with Cantonese monologues—echoing the murmurs of someone speaking into a receiver. In an age of instant messaging, the work reflects on a paradox: as communication becomes faster, listening becomes rarer.
The disappearing telephone booth is reimagined here as a book—an architectural space that can be opened, held, and revisited.
About Tang Tam
Hang Tam is a Hong Kong photographer and maker of handmade photobooks. His practice centers on urban transformation, collective memory, and overlooked everyday spaces.
By combining photography with archival materials, objects, and experimental book structures, Tam transforms the photobook into a tactile vessel of time—where memory can be physically handled, reordered, and rediscovered.
一本關於電話亭的紙上建築
譚昌恒第十一冊手工攝影書，以香港集體記憶中的「公共電話亭」與「黃色電話簿」為靈感，打造出一本宛如城市考古物件的攝影作品。
本書曾入圍法國亞爾勒攝影節 Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 樣本書獎決賽。
書中最細膩的細節，是譚昌恒親手以鉛筆拓印香港舊硬幣的花紋。那枚硬幣，象徵曾經在街頭排隊投幣打電話的年代。
創作者提出一個溫柔而殘酷的提問：
「如果手上有一枚硬幣，你會打電話的那個人，是我嗎？」
內頁穿插公共電話亭、黃色電話簿與手提電話影像，大量廣東話文字猶如對著話筒的獨白。在即時通訊極度發達的年代，人與人卻似乎愈發疏離——只求表達，不願聆聽。
這本書把正在消失的電話亭，轉化為一座可以翻閱的紙上建築。
關於譚昌恒（Hang Tam）
譚昌恒為香港攝影師與手工攝影書創作者，長期以香港城市空間、集體記憶與庶民文化為創作主題。
他的作品關注城市轉型中的人情痕跡與日常細節，擅長以影像結合物件、文字與裝幀設計，使攝影書成為一種可觸摸、可重組、可收藏的藝術形式。
在他的創作裡，攝影不僅是觀看，更是一種保存時間與情感的方法。
Handmade Photo-books
Photographs by Hang Tam
Published by Hang Tam
172 pages, color photos
H26.5 × 20 × 2.5 cm, 0.5 kg
Limited Edition of 133
A Paper Architecture of the Telephone Booth
Hang Tam’s eleventh handmade photobook transforms Hong Kong’s collective memory of public telephone booths and the iconic Yellow Pages directory into a sculptural publication.
The book was shortlisted for the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles (Les Rencontres d’Arles, France).
One of the book’s most intimate gestures is Tam’s pencil rubbings of old Hong Kong coins printed within the pages—an evocation of the tactile ritual of inserting coins to make a phone call.
The artist poses a quiet yet piercing question:
“If you had one coin in your hand, would you call me?”
Photographs of phone booths, directories, and mobile devices are interwoven with Cantonese monologues—echoing the murmurs of someone speaking into a receiver. In an age of instant messaging, the work reflects on a paradox: as communication becomes faster, listening becomes rarer.
The disappearing telephone booth is reimagined here as a book—an architectural space that can be opened, held, and revisited.
About Tang Tam
Hang Tam is a Hong Kong photographer and maker of handmade photobooks. His practice centers on urban transformation, collective memory, and overlooked everyday spaces.
By combining photography with archival materials, objects, and experimental book structures, Tam transforms the photobook into a tactile vessel of time—where memory can be physically handled, reordered, and rediscovered.
一本關於電話亭的紙上建築
譚昌恒第十一冊手工攝影書，以香港集體記憶中的「公共電話亭」與「黃色電話簿」為靈感，打造出一本宛如城市考古物件的攝影作品。
本書曾入圍法國亞爾勒攝影節 Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 樣本書獎決賽。
書中最細膩的細節，是譚昌恒親手以鉛筆拓印香港舊硬幣的花紋。那枚硬幣，象徵曾經在街頭排隊投幣打電話的年代。
創作者提出一個溫柔而殘酷的提問：
「如果手上有一枚硬幣，你會打電話的那個人，是我嗎？」
內頁穿插公共電話亭、黃色電話簿與手提電話影像，大量廣東話文字猶如對著話筒的獨白。在即時通訊極度發達的年代，人與人卻似乎愈發疏離——只求表達，不願聆聽。
這本書把正在消失的電話亭，轉化為一座可以翻閱的紙上建築。
關於譚昌恒（Hang Tam）
譚昌恒為香港攝影師與手工攝影書創作者，長期以香港城市空間、集體記憶與庶民文化為創作主題。
他的作品關注城市轉型中的人情痕跡與日常細節，擅長以影像結合物件、文字與裝幀設計，使攝影書成為一種可觸摸、可重組、可收藏的藝術形式。
在他的創作裡，攝影不僅是觀看，更是一種保存時間與情感的方法。
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