Mikko Takkunen - BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER

**Book Talk: Hong Kong by Mikko Takkunen**

Thursday, May 16, 2024 · 6:30 PM

Bronx Documentary Center
614 Courtlandt Ave, Bronx, NY 10451

Join Finnish photographer and New York Times photo editor Mikko Takkunen for a discussion of his debut photobook, Hong Kong. Created during the aftermath of political protests and at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the book captures the city through hidden perspectives and moods. Driven by an impending relocation, Takkunen embarked on this visual journey to preserve his experience of Hong Kong before leaving in 2021.

Takkunen will be in conversation with David Friend, Vanity Fair’s editor of creative development, who reviewed Hong Kong in the magazine.

Mikko Takkunen (@mikkotakkunen) is a photo editor at The New York Times Foreign desk. From 2016–2021, he served as the desk’s Asia photo editor in Hong Kong. Takkunen began photographing Hong Kong in early 2020 and continued until the summer of 2021 when he left the city.

About the PanelistsSena Mourad Friedm

David Friend is Vanity Fair’s editor of creative development and a former director of photography at LIFE magazine. He is the author of The Naughty Nineties and Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11. Friend has edited 13 Vanity Fair books and has received Emmy and Peabody awards for his work in documentary film production.