Close to our house in Midlevels Hong Kong is a ballet school where countless (little) girls in cute pink ballet costumes take their dance classes every day.
The image of the pink-clad toddler, excitedly talking up to her mother (or maybe it's her helper) who is protecting them both from a few splashes of rain under the bright red umbrella, as they emerge from the ballet school together and are now walking in front of this (coincidentally also) pink wall was such a pretty picture that I had to take this photo. That the colour of the trousers perfectly matches the big blue-grey metal doors completes the picture for me.
What would she have to say about it all? Was it a fun lesson? Did she learn something new? Is there a performance on the horizon? Does she dream of a career as a prima ballerina? It's all possible...
This photo was part of the 'My Hong Kong Neighbourhood' exhibition at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. (August 2023)
After following her husband f to Singapore in 2016, Marlies took up photography. Moved by the desire to capture the beauty of Singapore in all of its aspects, and showing it to the world.
3 years and a lot of pictures later she lives in Hong Kong and..
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