2010年至2012年，由攝影師黃淑琪等人發起《咔》攝影文化雜誌（KLACK），由藝術發展局資助，以半年刊形式共出版四期，探討攝影與親密、沙龍攝影等不同主題。
沙龍攝影
沙龍是甚麼？眾說紛芸。在今天，會被普遍理解為一些影會活動，有時拍花拍鳥，多數卻認為是十數人圍著美女拍照。有懂一點藝術史的人，會說是源自法文Salon，意指法國從前一種品流高尚的賞畫會，他們會選一個房間，把名畫掛滿牆上，然後一同品畫。如果這是沙龍的起點，我們探討沙龍如何由一高尚的活動演變成今天「龍友」「打雀」「打女」等負面形容，當中的演化跟大眾理解差異不無趣味。然而，沙龍的意義並不止於一種港式偏見，相反，它其實與香港的攝影發展及美學息息相關。
From 2010 to 2012, photographer Ki Wong and her partners initiated the KLACK Photography and Culture Magazine, which had four semi-annual issues to explore different themes such as intimacy and salon photography.
Salon Photography
What is a salon? Opinions vary widely. Nowadays, it’s commonly understood as a type of photography club activity—sometimes involving shooting flowers or birds, but more often, a group of a dozen or so people crowding around a model to take pictures. Those with some knowledge of art history might point out that the term comes from the French word Salon, referring to a refined art exhibition in France where paintings were elegantly displayed on the walls of a room for collective appreciation.
If that was the origin of the salon, then it’s interesting to explore how such a cultured event evolved into something associated with negative labels like "model-chasers" or "paparazzi-style shooters" in today's context. This shift—and the gap between public perception and historical roots—is worth examining.
But the meaning of “salon” goes beyond a local bias. In fact, it’s closely connected to the development of photography and aesthetic values in Hong Kong.
