Yau Leung (邱良) (1941–1997) was a well regarded photographer in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. Professionally a

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for

Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...

, he is also known for his photographs of Hong Kong street life. He has been called the "Bresson of Hong Kong", referencing the famous pioneer of

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Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson (; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as cap ...

(1908–2004). He founded the monthly magazine ''Photography Life'' in 1973. In 1980, he became editor-in-chief of the magazine ''Photo Art''. Yau died in 1997 from injuries sustained in a fall. A selection of his photographs, edited by Sum Yi Ching, was published posthumously in 1999 under the title ''Images of Hong Kong 1960s–1970s''.

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