Aidan Marzo 馬超昱 // Photographer and Journalist

06/06/2020

Candlelight is seen reflected in a woman’s glasses during a vigil commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

04/06/2020

Despite a police ban, thousands of Hong Kongers gathered to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Candlelight vigils were held all across Hong Kong while many people also protested mainland China’s recent and continuous encroachment on Hong Kong’s autonomy. @ Hong Kong

02/06/2020

“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are”

25/05/2020

A couple holding hands walk across the street while riot police hold a banner declaring people in breach of the law. Just 30 minutes earlier, police fired several rounds of tear gas at protesters who marched in opposition to China’s proposed national security bill. Shot on 24/5/20

20/04/2020

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭⁣⁣
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In 2004, my family’s home flooded and we were forced to move out. For 4 months, my brothers and I moved to India to stay with my grandmother, while our parents began the rebuilding process. I was 10 years old at the time and didn’t know too much about grandma.⁣⁣
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As I grew older, I later learned that she became a widow soon after becoming a mother. She raised two kids as a single mom and then helped raise 3 grandsons, including me. She’s lived in India all her life but continuously traveled to the states to help raise her grandchildren. She’s been through more than I can imagine and is the foundation upon which my family is built.⁣⁣
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Grandma has lived a wonderful life and has an incredibly strong heart, but old age is something no one can escape. ⁣⁣
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Over the years, I’ve begun to notice the small things. A small, reoccurring twitch, or tremor in her right hand. Her buoyant laugh that had cheered me up year after year has begun to slowly bubble down. Parkinson’s disease is slowly, but inevitably turning my beautiful grandmother to stone. ⁣⁣
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My grandma is now living at home with parents, just down the hall from where I sit right now, quarantined in my room. It’s been nearly two weeks since I arrived back home in Hong Kong and while my government-issued GPS tracker tells me I can’t leave the house, I haven’t even stepped outside my room. ⁣⁣
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I arrived on a plane from the States just under two weeks ago. Since then, I’ve come to learn that the person sitting next to me on the flight tested positive for COVID-19. ⁣⁣
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I haven’t seen my grandmother for months and now that I’ve come home, her biggest threat is no longer Parkinson’s. It’s me.⁣⁣
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We’ve all read the statistics and I don’t need to explain. ⁣⁣
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There’s nothing I’d rather do right now than rush out of my room and give grandma a hug. But I can’t take that chance. ⁣⁣
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My mandatory quarantine ends tomorrow and although my test results came back negative, I can’t shake the feeling that the results might be wrong.⁣⁣
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I’m not sure what she thinks, but most nights I dream of her laugh. Or perhaps I just hear her though the walls.⁣⁣
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Dear World

14/02/2020

Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun residents conduct temperature checks on passengers arriving into Hong Kong from mainland China.
Despite assurances from Carrie Lam and her administration, local residents remain distrustful of the HK governments ability to manage the outbreak. Last week, residents took it upon themselves to set up makeshift health checkpoints to screen travellers arriving into Hong Kong from Shenzhen. Shot on 4/2/20 for @ Hong Kong

10/02/2020

Hong Kong residents take it upon themselves to conduct health screenings on arriving travellers from mainland China.

Latest article on the unfolding situation in Hong Kong for The Telegraph

The queue of passengers coming from mainland China shuffled through a makeshift health checkpoint in Hong Kong, pausing to have their temperatures read with an infrared thermometer and catching a sq**rt of sanitizer in their hands.

08/02/2020

Life under the mask 2/
在戴口罩下的生活 二/

Shot on 5/2/20

07/02/2020

Thousands of customers waited overnight for a store stocked with surgical masks to open. Some customers, including families and the elderly, waited on the street for close to 20 hours. Fears over the spreading coronavirus has pushed demand for surgical masks through the roof. @ Hong Kong

04/02/2020

Life under the mask

在戴口罩下的生活

Shot on 3/2/20

04/02/2020

Hundreds of customers waited in hopes of grabbing a pack of reasonably priced (HKD $6.5/pack) surgical masks from a local department store. Customers ended up waiting for hours for a daytime shipment to arrive, but due to a limited supply, dozens of hopeful residents walked away empty handed.
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Many residents can no longer afford to buy surgical masks after the Coronavirus outbreak sent retail prices skyrocketing. Without government restrictions on mask prices, retailers have taken the opportunity to widen margins by boosting sale prices. Shot on 3/2/20 @ Hong Kong

01/02/2020

Fears over the fast-spreading Coronavirus have led to a mask frenzy in Hong Kong. With almost a dozen confirmed cases of nCov2019 in HK and recent memories of the 2003 SARS epidemic, members of the public aren’t leaving their health to chance. Shot on 31/1/20 (shoutout to for the amazing coverage and continuous inspiration) @ Hong Kong