YUNG Tak Cheung 翁德璋

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For more than three decades, paediatrician Yung Tak-Cheung has sequestered his nights to an incurable ailment, an insatiable fondness for photographic art. Evoking primal elements of the natural world, he draws upon this wellspring of light and texture, reconstituting them with fluctuations of the human condition. His profound and sincere gratitude for everyday living is a reminder of our frailty and struggles, yet of the opportunities each new day brings.

His newer works reveal his penchant for the unseen grandiosity of abundant, everyday items. Old coins, worn banknotes and faded maps, as with everything that is overlooked and underappreciated, hold immeasurable worth, beyond weathered appearances. They are guides through time, milestones to our evolution, our eyes to the distinctions we place between ourselves and the exterior world. He imbues his art with optimism, each a talisman of good fortune for the roads we have yet to travel.

三十多年來，小兒科醫生翁德璋將夜晚獻給了一種無法根治的癮──對攝影藝術無盡的熱愛。他從自然界最原始的元素汲取靈感，以光與質地為泉源，重構出人類境況的流變。他懷抱著對日常生活深刻而真摯的感激，他的作品提醒我們人性的脆弱與掙扎，也提醒我們每一天所蘊藏的可能性與希望。

他近年的作品展現出他對於日常中豐饒物件之隱秘壯麗的偏愛。舊錢幣、泛舊鈔票、褪色地圖，如同所有被忽視和未受珍視的事物，皆蘊藏著難以估量的價值，超越它們風化的外表。它們是時間的導引，是我們演化的里程碑，是我們觀看自我與外在世界之分野的雙眼。他的藝術作品充滿樂觀精神，每一件都是為尚未踏上的旅途祈福的護符。