Greg Girard
photographer
Greg Girard is a Canadian photographer known for his extensive documentation of social and physical transformations in major Asian cities over three decades. His early work began in the 1970s in Vancouver, focusing on nocturnal light and urban undersides. He relocated to Hong Kong in 1982 and later lived in Shanghai from 1998 to 2011. Girard is widely recognized for his photographic record of the Kowloon Walled City shortly before its demolition in 1993, a project he co-authored with Ian Lambot. His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in major collections including the National Gallery of Canada and the Vancouver Art Gallery.[1,2,3,4,5,6]
- urban transformation
- nocturnal light
- social landscapes
- Asian cities
Books
Works by Greg Girard
- 1993 City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City Co-authored with Ian Lambot.
- 2007 Phantom Shanghai
- 2017 Under Vancouver 1972–1982
- 2017 Hotel Okinawa
Exhibitions
- 2008 Phantom Shanghai
- 2011 Hanoi Calling
- 2013 A Better Tomorrow
- 2015 Selects
- 2017 Under Vancouver 1972–1982
References
- Wikipedia link
- City of Darkness Revisited - Greg Girard and Ian Lambot. Designboom.com. 2014 link
- Photographs Capture What Remains of 'Old Shanghai'. Feature Shoot. 2014 link
- Under Vancouver 1972–1982 – The Magenta Foundation. Magentafoundation.org. 2017 link
- Greg Girard's nocturnal photographs of Hong Kong's Night Life in the 1970s and '80s. Creative Boom. 2017 link
- Photographer Greg Girard Biography. National Geographic link