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Spirit of Place: HONG KONG

£23.00

Hong Kong is a city of striking contrasts, where dense skylines rise above markets filled with colour and noise, and where the rush of Central and Mong Kok flows outward to the slower rhythms of the islands. Living here means moving between different worlds: ferry rides to Lamma and Lantau, walks through the New Territories where villages press against mountain ranges, evenings spent among dai pai dong food stalls or neon-lit streets that never seem to sleep.

This book draws from those two years of experience, moving through the everyday as much as the iconic. It reflects a city shaped equally by its high and low cultures, by its traditions and its constant reinvention. To encounter Hong Kong is to feel these tensions and harmonies at once — a place where the local and the global, the hurried and the contemplative, coexist in the spirit of daily life.

A6 (10.5 x 14.8 cm) Book, 131 pages.

Hong Kong is a city of striking contrasts, where dense skylines rise above markets filled with colour and noise, and where the rush of Central and Mong Kok flows outward to the slower rhythms of the islands. Living here means moving between different worlds: ferry rides to Lamma and Lantau, walks through the New Territories where villages press against mountain ranges, evenings spent among dai pai dong food stalls or neon-lit streets that never seem to sleep.

This book draws from those two years of experience, moving through the everyday as much as the iconic. It reflects a city shaped equally by its high and low cultures, by its traditions and its constant reinvention. To encounter Hong Kong is to feel these tensions and harmonies at once — a place where the local and the global, the hurried and the contemplative, coexist in the spirit of daily life.

A6 (10.5 x 14.8 cm) Book, 131 pages.

Printed in the UK

Printed on recycled natural 170 gsm paper, they feel timeless yet portable, designed to be carried and lived with, while their pages invite personal notes and reflections, transforming each book into a companion on the journey.

About the project: Spirit of Place

Presented as a series of A6 travel sized books, each devoted to a single place, the project takes on a tactile, relic like quality. Spirit of Place continues Robby’s practice of privileging attention over spectacle and subtlety over declaration. Resisting the conventions of travel literature and guidebooks, which so often rely on narration and definition, the project treats photography as a primary mode of encounter—a way of engaging with place that allows atmosphere, rhythm, and texture to speak more eloquently than words.

The title draws on the ancient idea that every landscape possesses its own genius loci, or spirit—an essence sensed rather than explained. In these works, the camera lingers with fleeting impressions and overlooked details, framing travel not as description but as experience, inviting the viewer to discover their own meaning in what emerges.

 
 

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