Hong Kong has a subtropical climate with four seasons, and weather strongly influenced by two monsoons: the north-northeast monsoon from October to March and the south-southwest monsoon from April to September. The city continues to hustle, people scampering home on a rainy night.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is an occasion for families to reunite and have a good time together. In Hong Kong, that means sharing mooncakes with your loved ones, going moongazing and enjoying a range of festive events from lantern carnivals to the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance. The festival is widely celebrated in Asia, especially in Singapore.

The Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance was first held in 1880 as an act to ward off a plague that had broken out in the district that year. It has since become customary to stage a fire dragon dance every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival to drive away infectious diseases and to bring good fortune.

A housing estate in Hong Kong’ Sham Shui Po district seeing its last days. These photographs capture the state of desperation and the spaces once occupied by a bustling community who called this their home.

The 65-year-old Champagne Court was once the tallest landmark in Tsim Sha Tsui. Once a prominent building it is now a forgotten shopping centre seeing its last days. It’s been a hub for cameras and photographic equipment. The place has gradually declined, the centre is earmarked for demolition in the coming years.

A colorful collection of bright wonderfully curated flowers in bloom

While walking around the streets of Wanchai, Hong Kong I began to hear some percussion music with a distinct persian influenced sound, it had a metallic sound to it. As I turned the corner I saw a musician sitting as the corner playing on a metallic dome like instrument with his hands.

The sound was mesmerizing I watched and asked permission to photograph him and spoke to him for a while between sets, He said he was from Russia and that he was passing through. I saw others admiring his music.