香港民主女神團隊早前遠赴日本東京，將兩隻香港民主女神像贈與多次訪港記錄前線真相的日藉攝影師児玉浩宜先生。
児玉先生過往曾於朝日電視台、NHK任職記者、編導等工作，現時以自由身記者身份，自今年六月起多次到訪香港並深入太子、中環、中大、理大等各抗爭前線採訪，拍下超過二萬張相片。其後分別於東京，福岡舉行『WATER / あふれる水のなかへ』攝影展，更在自己經營的菲林相機店外建立東京連儂牆，吸引香港及日本多間媒體訪問，讓更多日本市民了解香港的抗爭運動。 児玉先生同時將自己訪港的日記修錄成書，附上中文翻譯，於訪港時進行義賣，將一半收益捐到612人道支援基金，可謂對香港的民主抗爭運動出錢出力。
在團隊成員聯絡児玉先生的期間，成員印像深刻他向我們回覆了一句「兄弟爬山 各自努力 」，於是團隊也特意額外將一隻手持「兄弟爬山 各自努力 」旗幟的香港民主女神贈與児玉先生，以感激他那份以身體力行和香港人齊上齊落既精神。
本團隊將陸續將更多的「小女神」送到世界各地支持香港民主運動的朋友手上。為支持這場逆權運動的同路人致敬。
The members of the Hong Kong Lady Liberty had been to Tokyo, Japan and presented two statues of Hong Kong Lady Liberty to Mr Hironori Kodama, a Japanese photographer/journalist who has been constantly visiting Hong Kong to photograph the truth of the Hong Kong democratic movement.
Mr Kodama had previously worked as a reporter and editor for Asahi TV, NHK. Since June 2019, he has been visiting Hong Kong several times and shot more than 20,000 photos in Prince Edward, Central, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and other protest frontlines, Thereafter, he held “WATER / あ ふ れ る 水 の な か へ” photography exhibitions in Tokyo and Fukuoka respectively. He also established the Tokyo Lennon Wall outside his film camera shop which attracted media from both Hong Kong and Japan, introduced the story of the Hong Kong democratic movement to the Japanese citizens. Besides, he compiled a diary of his visit to Hong Kong, attached with Chinese translation, conducted a charity sale during his visit to Hong Kong, and donated half of the profit to the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund.
During the conversation with Mr Kodama, we were deeply impressed when he replied us with the phrase in Cantonese 「兄弟爬山 各自努力 」, so our team intentionally gave an additional statue of Hong Kong Lady Liberty holding the flag of 「兄弟爬山 各自努力 」 in order to acknowledge him being stand with Hong Kong.
Our team will continue to send more “Little Goddess” to the fellow traveller around the world who pay tribute to this revolutionary movement, promote our will of Hong Kong’s democratic struggle globally and gain international support.
Photo Credit :
児玉浩宜IG
https://www.instagram.com/kodama.jp/
Voidlens 菲林相機店IG
https://www.instagram.com/voidlens/