Wind Water

Wind. water. The two most powerful elemental forces known to man, capable of scouring great canyons, reducing mountains to dust and reshaping the course of human history and civilisation. Feng means wind and shui means water. In Chinese culture wind and water are associated with good health, thus good feng shui came to mean good fortune, while bad feng shui means bad luck, or misfortune. These images are about the wind and water that surrounds Hong Kong. The elements of Feng Shui. Photographer Palani Mohan, a long time resident of Hong Kong, became obsessed with the idea of capturing the ephemeral concept of feng shui in pictures. “I would often go up to the Peak, where the chi flows strongest, and feel the pulse of the city,” he says. “Feng shui, a grand master told me, can be found if you look for it not only with your eyes, but with your heart. The great quantum physicist, Niels Bohr, said ‘I have heard feng shui works whether you believe in it or not’. “I, for one, believe in it and I look for it every day within the clouds that float over Hong Kong, and in the wind and rain that flows over the contours of the mountains. This timeless energy is what fuels the city and its people, and what makes Hong Kong the unique place it is today.”