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The Brilliant Colors of Hong Kong’s Darkest Days

As Hong Kong worked to recover from the mass anti-government protests of 2019 and the Covid-19 pandemic closed the city, photo editor and photographer Mikko Takkunen set out to photograph this city in a fresh way. His photographs, in brilliant, saturated color, reveal hidden perspectives and moods that many have not seen.
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It has been 5 years since the mass protests in Hong Kong, and 4 since the Covid-19 shut down the city, as well as the rest of the world. During all of it, photo editor and photographer Mikko Takkunen saw the first draft of the history of these events...

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Robert E. Gerhardt

Robert Gerhardt is a New York based photographer and freelance writer. His photographs and writings have been published nationally and internationally including in The Hong Kong Free Press, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Diplomat.

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