Greg Girard (born 1955) is a Canadian photographer living in Shanghai since 1998. His work looks at the physical and social transformations taking place in China and Asia. He divides his time between photographing on assignment for publications such as National Geographic, Time, Fortune, The New York Times Magazine, and others, and pursuing his personal work. While living in Hong Kong between 1983 and 1998 he published “City of Darkness”, co-authored by Ian Lambot, a document of the final years of the Kowloon Walled City. His second book, “Phantom Shanghai” (Magenta, 2007), with an introduction by novelist William Gibson, looks at the homes, streets, shops, buildings and neighborhoods that will not survive the vision that city has for itself. The Independent Newspaper (U.K.) cited Greg Girard’s “Phantom Shanghai” as one of the top ten photography books. Included in the list is Robert Frank’s “The Americans”, “The Devil’s Playground” by Nan Goldin, and “Beneath the Roses” by Gregory Crewdson. His work was recently acquired in a major purchase by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.
