WKM Gallery is pleased to present “HKG-TYO 1974-2023,” a solo exhibition by Canadian photographer Greg Girard. Known for his intimate, cinematic photos of urban night scenes, cityscapes, and the daily lives of workers and local inhabitants, Girard has come to receive recognition for his tenacious documentation of the social and physical transformations in major East Asian cities over the past four decades. The current exhibition juxtaposes two of Girard’s second homes, Hong Kong and Tokyo, during their respective eras of industrialization and growth; periods that are often looked back on fondly as “golden years”, a time when progress flourished and the future seemed bright. Guided by an undying investigative curiosity and appreciation of the overlooked, Girard’s lush, enchanting, and at times melancholy compositions capture the vulnerability and vitality of two cities in the midst of metamorphoses. His photographs offer a point of access to the euphoria and growing pains that eventually came to shape Hong Kong and Tokyo as we know them today, becoming time capsules that point simultaneously toward the present and the future.