Back in business after a nice sabbatical away from my laptop. For the past two weeks I’ve been in Asia- Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo, traveling with friends and family at various points along the way. After taking what feels like 500 photos, I’ve started combing through with an editor’s eye. I figured I’d kick off the new year with some shots from Hong Kong.

The juxtaposition between new and old is incredible. There’ll be a woman deboning a fish in a dilapidated doorway beside an investment banker in a mirrored sky scraper. The scaffolding is made of bamboo throughout the city and the branded exteriors are  statements of growth and prosperity. The last building is a condo on Hollywood Road and I was obsessed with it. If Pattern Pulp ever gets a storefront, it might just take a page out of this playbook…