About Simon Go 's Artwork..

About the concept of Simon Go photo shooting:::

In the eyes of Simon Go, the value of photos, is not about what skill had been used, it is about the idea that people can reflect on, and also, aftertaste. It also witnessed the change in terms of his own photography.

"The "beautiful photo" and "good photo" are completely different things, "beautiful photo" will make you feel great by a glimpse glance and will make you think it is beautiful, skill used is high, but a few hours or a few days after you will lose the memory. But the "good photo" will be memorable and will recall the past repeatedly.I had an obsession that each photo should have their own Style, and was also very concerned about the comments of others, but since the start shooting "Orchestration - Hong Kong Old Shops'', I found that I does not require to be too obsessed, shooting is enjoyable .From having conversationa with the shop owners and employees , I can  shoot photograph that reflect more. "

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"I shot the old shop not because I want to nostalgic them, instead I want to express the emotion of the people who care about them. Photography is not just lift the digital camera and " Cha Cha Cha "for a few photos. When Simon Go shoot as a documentary photography, he believes that behind this type of photo, it  must have wanted to express the meaning of those photos.And the meaning should be inspiring, be educational and  can express social problems and also people. Photo must have something to inspire us.

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I believe photographers should leave space for people to tell the stories themselves and not dominate a scene, I kept this in mind when i was taking photos of cage homes and old shops.

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I believe that the 1989 "June Fourth Incident" influenced me more than I thought. I  was still studying in Polytechnic school. I believe that people who witnessed the incident will re-understanding their own. I am not referring to the shock of the event itself, but is the views and opinion that the incident bring to you .This view is  very simple,you just always need to care about the relationship between man and society. I reach out to the community,and began to photography , I am not going to put the community away from my photos . I never see my photography as an art form, all these years, I just want to record things happening in  somewhere Hong Kong in an particular era or a particular period. And the record is not only a pure direct record (Straight Record), also includes my own opinion of the time and the moment.

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Look at my shooting target, everyone's life is very difficult, and can also adhere to live with dignity, to bring the important message: it does not a matter to live in poor , but it is more important to live with dignity, to have a passion for life. This is not what I want to say to speak, I think, but I feel that they are brought to my this message.

I think what I collected contains very interesting cultures, I hope to save these cultures, in fact, there are not too many people in Hong Kong for many years to do this type of data collecting program. I tried to keep some things which are worth preserving with all my ability, in my spare time, and I want my children to see how's  Hong Kong looked like in the past , and make them believe.

My opinion:::

What I really appreciate about Simon Go is that, how he make use of his artwork. Art is not only about one person, art will become meaningful only when it related to people or society. Art is not a way to express one emotion, but has its own meaning and message which lead re-understanding. In Simon Go's photo, I can always feel the passion of him towards own local culture. He was willing to spend long time to know, understand, and feel the real culture of what he want to shoot. It may be easy for him to shoot beautiful photos, but as what he said, he want to shoot ''good photo'' rather than '' beautiful photos''. I think he did this , because after years , we can still understand the old faded culture of Hong Kong by looking at his photos, and remember how people loved their past.