Childhood Lee Ka-sing holding a circular object
(PHOTOGRAPH: 3x5 inch, black and white silver print, 1956)
The family photo mentioned in the title of the self-portrait was taken in 1956, before I left Hong Kong for Guangzhou. Between 1956 and 1962, I lived in Guangzhou with my granduncle and grandaunt. The mentioned photo used to hang on the right wall beside the bed in the bedroom, about eight by ten inches in size, framed with a wooden mirror frame, serving as a focal point of the room. Through the changes of the 1970s, the photo eventually disappeared without a trace. After my granduncle’s passing, I recovered an old photo album from his belongings. Among them was a smaller version of this family photo, about three by five inches. These photos are now mostly marked by the passage of time, riddled with wormholes.
[手拿著圓形物件的童年李家昇]
在自拍照題目中提到的家庭照片攝於1956年，我離開香港赴廣州之前。1956至1962年間，我在廣州與伯爺伯娘同住。提到的那張照片，當時掛在睡房床邊的右牆，約八乘十吋，木邊鏡框，恰如房間的焦點。經過七十年代的變遷，照片後來已不知去向。伯爺離世後，我在他遺物撿回舊相簿，此張家庭照有個小本的，約三乘五吋。這些照片，大都佈滿了蛀蟲的時光。