Established in September, 2002, Laurence Lai Gallery has entered its third year of operation. These past three years are not easy for a new starter in business. Through continual hard work, exploration and learning from failures, Laurence Lai is growing up into a mature man.
Photography is not a new thing for me that I have only toughed on these two years. Starting in 1989, as I was keen on running around in the local area, travelling abroad and going on business trips, I wanted to record down my experience. Naturally, photography is my best tool.
When I first started with photography, I toke pictures of everything! From close-ups of teenage girls to snap shots on the street, as well as the marriage of friends and commercial products... I got hold on all books, magazines, exhibitions, talks on photography. From then on, I have been constantly building up my knowledge, as well as interest in photography.
Before August, 2002, I was still a 100% export financier. In an afternoon in August, I met my old friend Rebecca Tam when I had tea with my family in Siu Sai Wan/ Island Resort. She was responsible for promoting a "Sunday Market" stall named Montmartre. She knew that I love taking photos, so she asked me why don't I try to share my photos with the public, that more people can appreciate the beautiful scenery. She gave me an application form, which I took back to my office without much notice of it at that moment.
My original work was as a clothing exporter/local wholesaler and retailer. 2002 was a hard year. It had been difficult to do business after the Financial Crisis, no matter wholesale or retail. On one afternoon, I found the application form that I was given when I was flipping through some files. At that moment I thought: why not have a try? There won't be any loss at all even if I did not succeed! In the light of my personal interest, I filled in the application form and handed it back to Rebecca. My application was quickly approved.
On the first day of opening up the stall, I had only two tables(!!!yeah!!!), one red-and-white checked cloth, and one hundred and twenty 4R/5R photos. My photos taken all through the years! Being attentively packaged, on the back of each photo I added the descriptions of that picture as well as my autograph. Surprisingly, I attracted many passerby's to view my photos. I sold more than thirty photos in a short while. Some customers even ordered large-size photos, which made me very pleased and content.
Email Address / 電子郵件 : [email protected]
Website / 網址 : http://www.laurencelaigallery.com
Customers Hotline / 客戶熱線 : (852) 2191 2097
Fax / 傳真 : (852) 8148 6016
Head Office / 辨公室 : A3., 9/F., Manning Industrial Bldg, 116-118 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
香港九龍官塘巧明街 116-118 號，萬年工業大廈9樓A3室
辨公時間 / Office Hours : 星期一至五，早上 9:00 至 晚上 6:00
星期六，早上 9:00 至 下午 1:00
星期日及公眾假期，休息
Mon to Fri 9:00am to 6:00pm
Sat, 9:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.
Sun & Public Holidays , Day Off
