His name is Fan Ho. He is Hong Kong's first Category III film director with a box office of over 10 million. He has regarded Category III films as his main career and has been making erotic films for half his life. His most classic work "Shadow" was taken in Hong Kong in 1954 and

I have shot many Category III films, but I have never compromised on my photography.

When these words are spoken from the mouth of an eighty-year-old man, there is always a sense of silent shock.

His name is Ho Fan . He is Hong Kong's first Category III film director with a box office of over 10 million. He has regarded Category III films as his main career and has been making erotic films for half his life.

The erotic films he leads are extremely beautiful and not at all sexually explicit. Even Zhang Yimou was amazed by them.

But on the other hand, he is also a leader in the photography industry. In his photography career that lasted for more than 60 years, he has won 280 international photography awards and is well-known at home and abroad.

His most classic work "Shadow" was taken in Hong Kong in 1954 and was auctioned for a high price of HK$375,000.

He became famous in Hong Kong with his black and white photography, and left his mark on Hong Kong film history with his erotic films.

This is Fan He.

Fan He was born in Shanghai in 11931. When he was young, he didn't like toys, but he liked to shut himself in the house and draw without distraction.

When he was 113 years old, he received a Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera as a birthday gift from his parents. He was playing with his camera and walking past the Bund and was suddenly attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of him.

I was on the Bund at that time and saw the boat returning at dusk and sunset. I thought it was a bit poetic and picturesque, so I took a photo.

html At the age of 113, a boy was struck by the shutter, and the camera has never left his body since then.

Until he was 18 years old, his family moved to Hong Kong.

Influenced by traditional culture since childhood, Fan He was very interested in writing. At that time, he simply wanted to be a writer, but he suffered from migraine because he stayed at his desk writing for too long, so he had no choice but to stop writing.

When he was bored, his eyes stayed on the dusty camera in the corner.

He recalled the happy time of taking photos when he was young, and the joy of winning an award for his first work.

He threw himself into the camera and wandered around all day long. Central, Western District, and Sheung Wan , all corners of Hong Kong have left his traces, and walking around the streets has become his most basic daily routine.

Vendors carrying burdens, old people chatting, and children playing have all become the protagonists in his lens.

I like what Hemingway said: You can destroy me, but you can't defeat me. Hong Kong people have this fighting spirit and determination to fight for life and never give up.

He began to use his camera to record the various scenes of the market at that time.

The narrow streets and alleys by the mountains and the sea, the criss-crossing tram tracks, the three-story arcades with dense signboards... Every corner in Hong Kong is a wonderful place for shooting.

As the morning light dawned, he stood by and watched the rickshaw puller walking on the empty street, his shadow growing shorter and longer.

In the Central market in the afternoon, several women wearing black gowns were doing their daily routine. When the sun shone, a human-shaped halo was outlined, and the camera clicked and freezed the frame instantly.

The little doll holding the candied haws made crisp footsteps on the bluestone with bare feet, and the camera recorded their most enjoyable time.

These beautiful things that are most easily forgotten by the world, Fan He collected them one by one.

Some people say that people who engage in art are always a little paranoid, and Fan He is no exception.

In order to capture the most beautiful light and shadow, he often waits at the same place for several days, just waiting for the right light and the person to appear in the best position, and then presses the shutter, all in one go.

Behind a good photo is often days and nights of waiting, long waiting and the most precise vision.

Traffickers and lackeys, with yellow hair hanging down, passed by in a hurry. Fan He was unaware of it. He just recorded its romance and the vivid little people in the market calmly.

Perhaps because of this intention, Fan He's works always have a magical charm.

A woman in a cheongsam stands against the wall, her eyebrows bent and her head bowed. This is the unparalleled splendor of Hong Kong in the 1930s and 1940s.

A girl wearing a headscarf holds her chin in her hands and looks blankly at the camera, but she has a breathtaking power.

Light pours into the alley from high places, and the trace of fireworks is the most primitive breath of life.

Fan He’s photos are full of fireworks, but the light and shadow lines in them are smart and poetic, making speech in the silent place.

Dreams and reality are intertwined, light and shadow are intertwined. Every photo makes me want to touch it with my hands, as if I can feel its warmth.

This ultimate grasp of light and moments is truly breathtaking.

At that time, Fan He could be said to be proud of the spring breeze, flowers, applause, honors... what many people pursue throughout their lives, Fan He got it in his prime.

In 11952, at the age of 21, he held a solo exhibition at the Si Ho Art Museum in Central. The venue was crowded with people and praises came one after another.

In the following ten years, Fan He was even more ruthless in winning awards. He successively won more than 280 international photography awards. From 1958 to 1965, he won eight consecutive "Top Ten Photography Awards in the World" selected by the American Photographic Society. Jay".

This kind of honor is rare in the world!

"I was a bit ambitious at that time! " Fan He once recalled his youthful and frivolous years with a smile.

Doing one thing to the extreme is enough for many people, but Fan He does not.

He set his sights on movies. He didn't want to rest on his laurels. The best way to make progress was to break the false bubble.

As a master photographer of the generation, he was willing to go to the studio and take notes, and only after doing odd jobs for several years did he get the opportunity to make a film.

It turns out that gold always shines.

The film "Li" directed by Fan He won the Best Film Award at the Banbruy International Film Festival in the UK and attracted worldwide attention.

However, the good times did not last long. At that time, artistic films were not very popular. Due to commercial pressure, the company put pressure on him to shoot Category III films.

From art to erotica, it is really cruel for a photographer who has held a camera for decades.

The reality is that people have to surrender.

But Fan He has always been arrogant. Even if he makes a Category III film, he will not take it lightly.

The naked female bodies in his films look extremely beautiful under the light and shadow, without any trace of lust. "The Painting of the Floating World" shot by

was also selected as "One of the Representative Works of Oriental Classical Films" in the German World Film Yearbook.

Some people commented: " He is the only director who regards tertiary films as a career. "

However, he has always been brooding about it, regretting that he "sacrificed for five buckets of rice."

I have shot many Category 3 films, but I have never compromised on my photography. What I express is my true self and comes from my heart.

After filming 29 erotic films intermittently, including "Extreme Temptation" and "Crazy for You", Fan He washed his hands and immigrated to the United States with his family.

It was decades later when I picked up the camera again.

At this time, he did not need to consider whether the audience liked it or worry about other people's opinions. Fan He, who had been restrained for decades, was finally able to completely follow his heart.

Now an octogenarian, he has personally reshaped photos, re-collaging old photos with time, space, people and places to create montage images. The photos produced by

retain the richness of history and add more meaning.

He does not reject the trend and hopes to give photos new vitality.

has been taking photos for a lifetime. He hopes to leave some history and memory to the world.

But sometimes the unexpected comes earlier than tomorrow. On June 19, 2016, Fan He passed away in the United States due to worsening pneumonia at the age of 84.

At this point, a superstar has fallen, and there is no more Fan Ho in the world, and there are no more photographers who strive to capture the soul of Hong Kong and record the suffering and resilience of Hong Kong people.

He spent his life telling us: The lens captured with the eyes can only be called a photo, while the lens captured with the heart is the real art.