By Star Chang, posted Aug 1, 2012 at 6:35 AM, 1,402 views,

Creative Portraits of Superheroes Living in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong is frequently described as a place where “East meets West”, reflecting the culture’s mix of the territory’s Chinese roots with influences from its time as a British colony. The place is now a special administrative regions of China. Superheroes from the West usually do world-saving work, but what if they choose to live in ‘Pearl of the Orient’ ? A Chinese photographer has a creative series of photographs that show well known superheroes living rather ordinary lives in Hong Kong. Batman is seen strolling a night market, Wolverine is a meat butcher, Hellboy is spotted enjoying Cantonese hot pot, and Spiderman is getting waste paper recycling. Too bad there is no Irom Man in the scene …

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SOURCE: Chowkarhoo Photography via PetaPixel



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