PORTRAITS FROM ABOVE Hong Kong’s Informal Rooftop Communities

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Portraits From Above: Hong Kong’s Informal Rooftop Communities – 2nd Edition
Self-built, informal settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings are an integral part of Hong Kong’s urban landscape. The rise of rooftop communities is closely linked to the migration history from Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong. With each of China’s tumultuous political movements in the 20th century, like the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, there was a corresponding wave of Mainland Chinese migrating to Hong Kong.

276 pages, color & b&w ills / 23 x 25 cm / Chinese, English