Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| people | Worker |
| object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| others | painting |
| Poem | 圬者技稱絕 鏟牆連補穴 漆前塗滑灰 繪出雲和月 人微志不缺 勤奮旨難奪 看我上穹蒼 撥雲和弄月 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
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Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Poem | 圬者技稱絕 鏟牆連補穴 漆前塗滑灰 繪出雲和月 人微志不缺 勤奮旨難奪 看我上穹蒼 撥雲和弄月 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Poem | 圬者技稱絕 鏟牆連補穴 漆前塗滑灰 繪出雲和月 人微志不缺 勤奮旨難奪 看我上穹蒼 撥雲和弄月 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Poem | 圬者技稱絕 鏟牆連補穴 漆前塗滑灰 繪出雲和月 人微志不缺 勤奮旨難奪 看我上穹蒼 撥雲和弄月 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Sponsors | painting |
| Venue | Kowloon|Sham Shui Po District|So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Poem | 圬者技稱絕 鏟牆連補穴 漆前塗滑灰 繪出雲和月 人微志不缺 勤奮旨難奪 看我上穹蒼 撥雲和弄月 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Poem | 圬者技稱絕 鏟牆連補穴 漆前塗滑灰 繪出雲和月 人微志不缺 勤奮旨難奪 看我上穹蒼 撥雲和弄月 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Poem | 圬者技稱絕 鏟牆連補穴 漆前塗滑灰 繪出雲和月 人微志不缺 勤奮旨難奪 看我上穹蒼 撥雲和弄月 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date of Death | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Poem | 圬者技稱絕 鏟牆連補穴 漆前塗滑灰 繪出雲和月 人微志不缺 勤奮旨難奪 看我上穹蒼 撥雲和弄月 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Material Type | Image |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Poem | 圬者技稱絕 鏟牆連補穴 漆前塗滑灰 繪出雲和月 人微志不缺 勤奮旨難奪 看我上穹蒼 撥雲和弄月 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
Cloud and Moon
Painters. The ceiling of the flat darkened from age and was repainted. But the walls were uneven and the new paint showed cloud-like patterns with the lamp shades appearing like the full moon. The silhouette of the worker painting his own clouds and moon presented a image of toil and honest labour.
| Date | 1960s-80s |
| Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/(Street)/So Uk Estate |
| People | Worker |
| Object | Paint|wooden ladder |
| Others | painting |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in 何綬著：《現在的我，過去的心》香港：壹出版有限公司，1997年，頁195-196。 |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho_031 |
location
Other photos
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