Best-Selling Hong Kong Classic
‘OVER HONG KONG’
is back and better than ever, and in bookshops now!
[Hong Kong April 23rd 2018] – The latest edition in the best-selling series of aerial photographic books on Hong Kong - OVER HONG KONG - has just been released and is now on sale at leading bookshops.
Originally published in 1982, this newest volume is the ninth in the series and continues the book’s original theme of beautifully presented and astounding aerial photography of Hong Kong.
The images in this Thirty-Fifth Anniversary edition were taken from fixed-wings in the Seventies, high land-points occasionally but mostly from helicopters and more recently, using the latest drone technology.
Instead of just recording a snapshot for last year, publisher Magnus Bartlett of Airphoto Odyssey, has created a visual review of the growth and development of Hong Kong covering the past forty five-some years.
For this latest edition, the book’s photographic team of Magnus and Kasyan Bartlett has been augmented by Moby Lau, an avid photographer, who along with drone-specialist DJ. Dart shot most of the most recent of the 196 pictures in the book.
David Dodwell, the well-known regional political and economic commentator, delivers an erudite yet compelling introduction to the book.
The first volume in the Over Hong Kong series featured the work of photographer Lew Roberts, who had spent two years and more than 100 hours of flying capturing the many secret faces of Hong Kong from the air. “In 1982, few people ever had the opportunity to see those astonishing vistas, so here, in one book, was a whole new world,” added Magnus Bartlett.
Long-time Hong Kong resident Tom Gorman, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief emeritus of Fortune China, welcomed the latest edition and congratulated Magnus and his team, “It's hard to believe its 35 years young already. The series provides a wonderful visual record of Hong Kong's impressive growth and development during this period.”
Meanwhile, the incoming ‘Taipan’, Merlin Swire, Chairman of Swire Pacific and Swire Properties, was delighted to see “….this beautiful updated edition of Over Hong Kong”.
The latest edition of Over Hong Kong is once again, a stunning overview of Hong Kong for those who live and work here, for visitors and armchair travelers, and for those simply fascinated by one of the greatest cities on earth.
‘Over Hong Kong’ is now available at good bookshops throughout Hong Kong.
It is also available for individual or customized quantity purchases, upon request.
‘Over Hong Kong’ is 11.3in x 10in with 144 pages and 196 photographs and 1 map.
ISBN: 978-962-217-880-9.
A Limited Edition in Chinese is also available. ISBN: 978-962-217-883-0.
Both Chinese and English editions of Over Hong Kong are available at HKD350 per copy.
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For further information, contact:
Ms. Caan Chui
VP Marketing
Airphoto International
Tel: +852 6381 1368
Email: [email protected]
Or
Magnus Bartlett
Publisher
Airphoto Odyssey
Tel +852 9186 9079
Email: [email protected]
Over Hong Kong | Images:
For a selection of High Rez Images and related captions for the book ‘Over Hong Kong’, see the following link to download the same: https://bit.ly/2K1Yz0j
Hong Kong photographer Moby [left], helicopter pilot Michael Wong and publisher
and photographer Magnus Bartlett [centre].
Satellite shot of Hong Kong and the New Territories from 700 kilometers above the earth.
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