香港有很多商店都喜歡養貓，尤其是傳統的海味店、雜貨店、藥材舖、米舖、文具舖，甚至書店、藥房等等，都會養著貓，往往是舊區小店一份人情味道的象徵，而荷蘭攝影師兼藝術家 Marcel Heijnen 來到香港後，就馬上被這種現象所吸引，亦變成他的攝影作品，收錄在其 Instagram @ChineseWhiskers 之中。

攝影師表示，在大多數現代化的城市中，有各種各樣的規則法例，限制著店舖無法養貓 (就像我們的大型商場和連鎖店吧)，不過在香港卻是例外，仍然能讓人見證著這種人與貓的奇妙關係，也像保留著人類最初養貓的因由︰捉老鼠及成為同伴。

而這輯作品的主角雖然是貓，但更有另一層意義，就是展現著店舖內一份有別於現代商業社會、大型連鎖店零售模式的美學，一種傳統中式店舖的格局及結構，這些影像或許會隨著越來越多「舊區重建 / 活化」而消失，最終成為荷蘭攝影師攝影作品內的集體回憶。

這裏有部份作品，可以看到部份照片不單是貓 + 店舖，更捕捉到一種微細的互動關係︰

A photo posted by Marcel Heijnen (@chinesewhiskers) on Feb 19, 2016 at 10:53pm PST

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A photo posted by Marcel Heijnen (@chinesewhiskers) on Oct 11, 2016 at 12:07am PDT

Cleaning in progress. #instacats #hongkong #hongkongphotography #catsofinstagram #hongkongcats

A photo posted by Marcel Heijnen (@chinesewhiskers) on Jan 13, 2016 at 5:51pm PST

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關於這輯作品，攝影師更推出了攝影集「香港舖頭貓」，有 160 頁，售價為 HK$ 250︰

買書及買照片方面，可以去柴灣工業城一期 1606 室的 Blue Lotus Gallery 購買。

其他詳情，可以到網站瀏覽︰http://www.bluelotus-gallery.com/new-events/marcel-heijnen/hongkong-shopcats

2017.10.10 更新

攝影師最新還推出了第二輯攝影集「香港街市貓」，有興趣的話也可看看︰

Save the date: Launch of Hong Kong Market Cats, the second photo book in the Chinese Whiskers series. #chinesewhiskers #hongkong #market #cats #goodsofdesire #booklaunch

A post shared by Marcel Heijnen (@chinesewhiskers) on Oct 9, 2017 at 4:50pm PDT

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via Creative Boom