Handmade Photo-books
Photographs by Hang Tam
Published by Hang Tam
Box of photographs
H17.3 × 213.3 × 2.8 cm, 0.3 kg
A 40-Year Dialogue Between Father and Son
This is Hang Tam’s tenth photobook and a deeply personal handmade publication.
The project began when Tam discovered photographs taken by his late father in Kwun Tong (formerly “Kwun Tong / 官塘”) during the 1970s. By coincidence, forty years later in the 2010s, Tam himself had documented the same district just before large-scale redevelopment reshaped the area.
The number “40” marks both the time gap between the two bodies of work and a symbolic turning point in the artist’s own life. The book becomes a cross-generational collaboration—a conversation across time between father and son.
More than a printed volume, the work is conceived as a tactile archive:
Box size approximately 96mm x 70mm x 45mm
65 photographic prints
Reproductions of 1970s Kwun Tong rental receipts
A vintage map
A piece of fabric
Letters in Chinese and English
Each edition rearranges images and poetic captions differently, reinforcing the openness of memory and interpretation.
The title—It really is Kwun Tong ?—expresses both disbelief and longing. Faced with the district’s transformation after 2022, the question resonates as a shared reflection between two generations confronting irreversible urban change.
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.
《呢度真係官塘嚟》是譚昌恒的第十本個人攝影集，也是一本以手工形式製作的攝影書。
故事始於一次偶然的發現——他在家中找到已故父親於1970年代在觀塘（舊稱「官塘」）拍攝的照片。巧合的是，四十年後的2010年代，他自己亦手持相機，記錄觀塘在市區重建前的最後身影。
「四十年」既是兩代影像之間的時間跨度，也是譚昌恒步入人生重要轉折的年紀。這本書因此成為一場跨越時空的「父子合作計劃」——在影像之中重逢。
這不僅是一本書，而是一件裝載記憶的物件。
盒裝尺寸約 96mm x 70mm x 45mm
內含 65 張攝影照片
附有 1970年代官塘租單收據復刻本
舊地圖、一塊布料
中英文書信
每一版本的影像與詩意圖說皆會被重新編排，打散重組，使閱讀成為一次開放性的探索。
書名一句「呢度真係官塘嚟」，既是驚嘆，也是追問。面對2022年後面目全非的觀塘，這句話承載著兩代人對城市巨變的無奈與情感投射。
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
Box of photographs
H17.3 × 213.3 × 2.8 cm, 0.3 kg
A 40-Year Dialogue Between Father and Son
This is Hang Tam’s tenth photobook and a deeply personal handmade publication.
The project began when Tam discovered photographs taken by his late father in Kwun Tong (formerly “Kwun Tong / 官塘”) during the 1970s. By coincidence, forty years later in the 2010s, Tam himself had documented the same district just before large-scale redevelopment reshaped the area.
The number “40” marks both the time gap between the two bodies of work and a symbolic turning point in the artist’s own life. The book becomes a cross-generational collaboration—a conversation across time between father and son.
More than a printed volume, the work is conceived as a tactile archive:
Box size approximately 96mm x 70mm x 45mm
65 photographic prints
Reproductions of 1970s Kwun Tong rental receipts
A vintage map
A piece of fabric
Letters in Chinese and English
Each edition rearranges images and poetic captions differently, reinforcing the openness of memory and interpretation.
The title—It really is Kwun Tong ?—expresses both disbelief and longing. Faced with the district’s transformation after 2022, the question resonates as a shared reflection between two generations confronting irreversible urban change.
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.
《呢度真係官塘嚟》是譚昌恒的第十本個人攝影集，也是一本以手工形式製作的攝影書。
故事始於一次偶然的發現——他在家中找到已故父親於1970年代在觀塘（舊稱「官塘」）拍攝的照片。巧合的是，四十年後的2010年代，他自己亦手持相機，記錄觀塘在市區重建前的最後身影。
「四十年」既是兩代影像之間的時間跨度，也是譚昌恒步入人生重要轉折的年紀。這本書因此成為一場跨越時空的「父子合作計劃」——在影像之中重逢。
這不僅是一本書，而是一件裝載記憶的物件。
盒裝尺寸約 96mm x 70mm x 45mm
內含 65 張攝影照片
附有 1970年代官塘租單收據復刻本
舊地圖、一塊布料
中英文書信
每一版本的影像與詩意圖說皆會被重新編排，打散重組，使閱讀成為一次開放性的探索。
書名一句「呢度真係官塘嚟」，既是驚嘆，也是追問。面對2022年後面目全非的觀塘，這句話承載著兩代人對城市巨變的無奈與情感投射。
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。
