
Hong Kong Lost Laundry
- Publisher
- Buchkunst Berlin
- Year
- 2019
- ISBN
- 978-3-9819805-3-0
- Specifications
- Hardcover, linen binding with title label
15,7 x 21 cm
80 pages
60 colour plates
German and English
First edition
In Michael Wolf's photographs, laundry blown away by the wind and landed in all imaginable poses on cables, roofs and billboards is transformed into wondrous sculptures of everyday life. Michael Wolf is creating another small monument to his adopted home of Hong Kong.
His approach is that of a chronicler and collector. Since 2003, he has been creating a visual encyclopedia of Hong Kong's back alleys, photographing the artistic installations of mops, gloves, chairs and lost items of laundry that were created due to lack of space and economic necessity. The photographer approaches these temporary arrangements with insightful interest and subtle humor.
The book was conceived together with Michael Wolf and completed with him in Hong Kong. It is not only the final volume of the “Informal Solutions” series, but also his last publication. Michael Wolf died on April 24, 2019 in Hong Kong.