Hong Kong / China Photographers Two - John Batten

anothermountainman (also known as Stanley Wong Ping-pui) conveys penetrating views of the city through his camera lens. As an artist, compromise is alien to his explorations of the real -- not the idealised -- 'Pearl of the Orient'. His down-to-earth approach and love for social phenomena not only help to reveal the hearts of many Hongkongers, but equally touches those who want an unflinching look at the city. From his photographs of iconic people and places -- including the late calligraphy graffiti artist Tsang Tsou-choi, the Cenotaph, Oil Street and even some obscure lanweilou (unfinished and abandoned buildings) in China -- anothermountainman creates an alternative view of beauty, that of presence and absence. To date he has won over 400 awards, and his works are exhibited and collected locally and abroad.