M A Andrew Black and White Photography Blog

Happy Valley race course in Hong Kong is a bizarre stadium under any measure. Surrounded on all sides by towering apartment blocks and buildings, seeing is believing. It was first built in 1845 to provide horse racing for the British people in Hong Kong. Before it was built, the area was a swampland, but also the only flat ground suitable for horse racing on Hong Kong Island. To make way for the racecourse, Hong Kong Government prohibited rice growing by villages in the surrounding area.

This image shows the race course when first built.

Today, the place couldn’t look more different.

Night races are every Wednesday in the season.

I took a couple of images when I was there and was most happiest with this one.

Hong Kong Hotels

Matted Hong Kong prints to Switzerland. Just in the process of sorting out this order.

The earliest record of a ferry between Hong Kong Island and the mainland dates back to 1888.  Anyone who has travelled on the Ferry today will know that not much seems to have changed in between!

A night view of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak.

It’s took a while but I have finally managed to get my limited editions on the website. Each one is limited to 50. I will sign and number them both on the print itself and on the matt. I decided that 18 inches by 12 inches or thereabouts was probably the best way to go. Each print is matted on white, acid-free board and then overmatted with 4-ply bevel-cut overmat. I am using 20 x 24 inch matts. To have a look at the gallery click on the link below. I have tried to include photographic images from Hong Kong, Rio De Janeiro, Istanbul, Morocco and more.

www.picturesforwalls.com/cgi-bin/limitededitions.cgi

Sold this print below again this morning along with nighttraffic. Again to America. This time to California. The hong kong gallery is proving popular at the moment!

Another day, another order. Seriously, sales have been good this last week and its really pleasing to see. This time to Spokane,Washington. The print ordered is shown below. I have been meaning to upload my limited editions to the website but have simply not had the time! It is a nice problem to have though! I must say that the Hong Kong prints tend to sell the best. Then again, Hong Kong is a pretty special place….

Received two more orders today. This time from the Hong Kong gallery. I have been getting a lot more orders of late but can’t seem to put my finger on the reasons why. Nevermind. Just happy to be getting them!