Kris is an award-winning photographer
2021 - Winner at The Architectural Photography Awards 2021 in the ‘Building in Use’ Category
2020 - Only Hong Kong based photographer in the Top 100 Architectural Photographers at the LOOP Design Awards.
2019 - Winner at Blueprint Photography Awards 2019 - Urbanism Category
Winner at The Architectural Photography Awards 2021 in the ‘Building in Use’ Category
2020-2021 will forever be remembered as the COVID-19 pandemic. Hong Kong, located just next to mainland China, took this very serious. WIth their experience of the SARS epidemic years earlier, they knew they had to act swift and strong. While Hong Kong remained relatively safe compared to the rest of the world, this was only achieved by severe measure. Only 1 case in a highrise of 50+ stories resulted in the complete relocation of everyone living in the building to be shipped of to quarantine camps on the outlying islands. The result is a surreal view of a large skyscraper completely empty, while its neighbouring towers can continue life like nothing happened. This particular incident in Tung Chung, Hong Kong, sparked strong criticism from the citizen in Hong Kong. It didnt do much. Now 20 months onwards in the pandemic, Hong Kong still has the longest quarantine and testing requirements. Life is long not back to normal here.
Location: Tung Chung, Hong Kong
Winner at Blueprint Photography Awards 2019 in the ‘Urbanism - Professional’ Category
China is bound to become the number one world power. With a tremendous speed, many Chinese cities have exploded and house tens of millions of people. Humans and city were forced to coexist.
Chongqing is the most populated city proper, according to Wikipedia. With more than 30 000 000 people in its streets, the city tends to feel dense at times. This feeling becomes most apparent when viewed from a distance. The streets and buildings of Chongqing offer surreal vantage. This is a photo series portraying humanity in the megapolis. I ventured out in the city to capture this machine with a focus on certain keywords: density, humanity, transportation.
The photos show how people move around the city. The photos show the intense density that is needed to keep a city running, The photos show how people deal with this insanity each in their own way.
Location: Chongqing, China
Only Hong Kong based photographer in the Top 100 Architectural Photographers at the LOOP Design Awards.
LOOP has selected Kris Provoost as one of the most inspiring photographers specialising in Architecture. A photo taken at K11’s Art and Cultural Centre has been included in the virtual exhibition.
After a career as an architect for a decade, Kris refocused his career and specialised in Architectural Photography. Since establishing himself as a photographer in 2019, he has worked with a wide range of architects, interior designer, developers and engineers to photograph their projects. Over the years he has published different personal projects, most notably Beautified China, that has been widely shared globally in Vogue, Architectural Digest, CNN and others. The best of Beautified China has been included in a book publication ‘Beautified China, The Architectural Revolution’