Preserving Hong Kong’s Abandonment | Docs

Between the pandemic and political changes in Hong Kong, many places are being demolished without people even knowing. These explorers are trying to hold on to some of the city’s past with their photo book ‘Spatial Cemetery’.

Abandonment and development come hand in hand, and naturally some cities have more abandoned spaces than others. Hong Kong has a particularly high concentration of these areas because of the rapid development post-handover in 1997. Echo and Ghost co-founded HK Urbex a decade ago, in hopes to find unique spots around Hong Kong. They say exploring an abandoned environment is exciting, anxiety-inducing and even surreal. Outside of just exploring, HK Urbex is documenting these spaces through photography in hopes to immortalize them. But they are disappearing fast.

Director
Yuhong Pang

Producers
Wallas Lin
Yuhong Pang

Editor
Ruolin Luyo

Director of Photography
Geoffrey So
Sam Tang

Drone
Wallas Lin
Echo Delta

Editor-in-Chief
Keshia Hannam

Head of Production
Stephanie Tangkilisan

Color
Nadya Shabrina

Sound
David Alba

Additional Archival Material
HK Urbex

Special Thanks
Echo Delta
Ghost
Jenkins