Paul YEUNG Tak-ming

Paul YEUNG Tak-ming (b.1978, Hong Kong) is a documentary and conceptual photographer. Yeung graduated with an MA in Image and Communication (Photography) from Goldsmiths College, London in 2011. He embarked on a career in photojournalism after receiving his BA in Journalism and Communication from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000. He served as past chairman of the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association (2007, 2008), and is currently a part-time lecturer in the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a freelance photographer. He has received more than 20 awards from distinguished organizations such as The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Press Photographers Association and Invisible Photographer Asia. He participated in Count to 12, a part of The Road to 2012 project commissioned by and exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery, London (2011). Yeung opened his first solo photography exhibition The Flower Show (2012) at Blindspot Gallery in 2012. He published his photobook Yes Madam, Sorry Ah Sir in 2017. His works and photobooks have been exhibited internationally, including in the UK, Argentina, Cambodia, Singapore and China and are in public collections at The Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Library of The Chinese University of Hong Kong as well as in private collections.

Paul Yeung Artist’s Statement:
"Dark Light" is based on a series of photographs I took during the anti-extradition movement in 2019. I selected those photos that included "light" elements and converted them into negative color using photoshop. "Light" is always regarded as a symbol of "Hope" and "Positivity" in our universal culture, but during these months I have experienced a feeling of frustration and sadness when I see elements of “Light,” as I can't see much "Hope" in the future. "Negative" images always remind us of the analogue age, when we used film as our medium of photography, while the images here are all digital. In the end, this series is more a reflection of my personal ups and downs, frustrations and contradictory emotions during the movement.