Local photographer Ric Tse’s become a viral sensation after he elevated Lego to a whole ‘nother level with a photoseries which takes everyday Hong Kong objects and weaves them into whimsical larger-than-life narratives starring the toy company’s mini figurines.
The series, entitled “Micro Legography“, depicts adorable scenes like these egg waffles/gai dan zai (a.k.a. little chicken eggs) actually hatching chicks:
Or this group effort to put the yau in a bo lo yau (buttered pineapple bun):
Some of the images appear to be inspired by Star Wars, such as this photo of two Stormtroopers ready to gun down a Jedi whilst riding a pair of traditional grasshopper toys woven out of bamboo.
We have to say, they look pretty formidable on that scale.
However, most of Tse’s carefully constructed tableaux – such as this rather meta take on how steamed vegetable and meat buns are made – revolve around food (not unlike the lives of regular-sized Hongkongers):
Or the industrial-level filling of egg tarts:
To be honest, if you said “Fishball Revolution” to us before February 2016, we probably would have imagined something like this:
We’re amazed by how beautiful this faux-fossil looks encased in osmanthus jelly (props to Tse for making the jelly himself for the sake of his art):
Apparently Tony Stark’s resourcefulness now extends to haw-king Captain America memorabilia:
While “Micro Legography” shows prosaic objects towering over the Lego Hongkongers, Tse’s actually got another series (simply titled “Legography”) which places the figurines in classic Hong Kong settings that are proportional to their teeny weeny size. Behold, a panorama of Victoria Harbour, complete with wedding photoshoots, postcards, and mini people taking selfies:
A very solemn villain-hitter performing Canto-style voodoo under the Canal Road Flyover:
And even a dinky homage to the Umbrella Movement:
Check out more of Tse’s work here.
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