Untitled (View on the Praya, looking east, Hong Kong)
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image: 19.2 × 26.9 cm · mounted: 25.5 × 26.9 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Sundry Art - Photography Fund
Accession Number
2020.233
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Floyd’s views of Hong Kong possess a clarity of organization and elegance lacking in most of his competitors’ photographs. The row of white, Western-style commercial buildings divides the composition horizontally into thirds. In the foreground are water and a single Chinese boat that leads the eye to the closest building. The crisp cubic forms of the buildings stand out against the uniformly dark hillside that serves as their backdrop.