Asia Society Hong Kong Center (ASHK) traces the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to the 1970s in its new exhibition, Recovery, Resilience, Resurgence, curated by Edward Stokes who founded The Photographic Heritage Foundation. It features images by renowned photographers Hedda Morrison, Lee Fook Chee and Brian Brake, and runs from December 14, 2021 to March 6, 2022, coinciding with celebrations to commemorate 10 years of ASHK at the Former Explosives Magazine.

This exhibition’s photos show Hong Kong during consecutive periods, as it was seen around the middle of the last century. The images span some thirty years of great change: from the postwar recovery in 1946 – 1947, through the resilience of the 1950s, to the resurgence of the 1960s – 1970s. The photos were taken by three photographers. In the order of their Hong Kong work they were: Hedda Morrison, Lee Fook Chee and Brian Brake. Each had markedly different life backgrounds and photographic objectives.