Greg Girard, Asian Nights
Greg Girard spent much of his career examining the social and physical transformations in Asia, especially in its largest cities.
His work has examined the social and physical transformations in Asia, especially in its largest cities, for more than four decades.
He is the author of several photographic books. City of Darkness Revisited, published 2014, revives an early collaboration with co-author Ian Lambot, and updates their inJluential book, City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City (Watermark, 1993).
Based in Shanghai between 1998 and 2011, his photographic monograph, Phantom Shang- hai (Magenta, Toronto, 2007), with a foreword by novelist William Gibson, looks at the rapid and at times violent changes in Shanghai as it raced to remake itself at the beginning of the 21st Century. The Independent newspaper UK cited Phantom Shanghai as one the top ten photographic books ever produced.
Previous image: Dark Car, Vancouver, 1982. This image: Gangster Geisha with Tattoo, Tokyo, 1980.
Bar Interior, Hong Kong, 1985.
Greyhound Passenger, Texas, 1978.
Hong Kong Actor Chow Yun Fat, 1987.
Pre-dawn View, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 1979.
Hotel Room, Tokyo Hilton, 1983.
This image: Banner Theatre, Los Angeles, 1976. Next image: Cinema Lobby, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 1977.
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