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简介

Fan Ho was an American photographer, director, and actor of Chinese origin from Hong Kong. Born in Shanghai in 1931, he developed a passion for photography after his father gifted him a camera on his 14th birthday. He moved with his family to Hong Kong in 1949 and began photographing the city's streets. He achieved global fame in photography and won numerous awards, including the "World's Top 10 Photographers" title from the American Photographic Society eight consecutive times between 1958 and 1965, earning the nickname "the Eastern Cartier-Bresson." He joined Shaw Brothers as an actor in 1960 and gained recognition for his role as "Tang Sanzang" in the 1966 film "Journey to the West." He transitioned to directing, making experimental films such as "Unfulfilled" and "Illusion," and later successful commercial films including "Triple Seduction," which was the first Category III film to exceed HK$10 million at the box office. He immigrated to the United States in 1979 and retired in 1996 in California. He published several photography books including "Hong Kong Yesterday" and "The Living Theatre." He passed away in San Jose in 2016 at the age of 84 due to pneumonia.