《繁华都市小小神》是自2011年香港大学出版社与德籍摄影师吴尔夫合作出版的《街头街尾》之后的又一精彩着作。此书以香港闹市中的土地神位为题材，通过吴尔夫以慧眼看世界的摄影，使读者对这些随处可见、看似无奇的东西另眼相看。香港着名的文物保育学者及专家李浩然和狄丽玲，亦再次为吴尔夫的摄影集撰文。他们以浅喻深的文字，令读者更深入了解土地神，从而更好地欣赏每张土地神位的照片。

　　《繁华都市小小神》以拜土地为题材，阐述传统习俗在香港闹市中的存亡现状，是一本诱发深思及令人反省的合时之作。

　　Following the success of Hong Kong Corner Houses (2011), German photographer Michael Wolf continues with his collaboration with Hong Kong University Press to produce Small God, Big City. Michael again uses his creative eye to draw attention to overlooked objects in the visually rich urban environment of Hong Kong. This time, the object is the Earth God shrine, found commonly by the doorways of shops and homes throughout Hong Kong.

　　Through his visually stimulating and thought- provoking photographs, Michael challenges our sensitivity to seemingly familiar everyday things. An interpretative text for the photographs is authored by two familiar names: Lee Ho Yin and Lynne DiStefano, who are well-known academics and practitioners of heritage conservation in Hong Kong. The text leads readers to a better understanding of the topic and the meaning behind Michael’s photographs of Earth God shrines in urban Hong Kong. The topic of this book is timely, given the vulnerability of traditional beliefs and practices in an increasingly urbanised Hong Kong. It is hoped that Small God, Big City will provoke deeper thoughts on who we are and what we believe in, in this modern world.

作者简介

吴尔夫

　　于1954年出生在德国慕尼黑，在美国、欧洲与加拿大长大，求学于着名的美国UC Berkeley大学与德国Folkwang学院 (现今改称为Folkwang University of the Arts)。他在1995年移居到香港，从而熟悉了中国的文化认同与大都市中错综复杂的建筑。他至今共出版了七本以亚洲为题材的摄影集：China im Wandel (Frederking und Thaler, 2001), Sitting in China (Steidl, 2002), Chinese Propaganda Posters (Taschen, 2003), Hong Kong Front Door Back Door (Thames & Hudson, 2005), 《香港里外》(Asia One/Peperoni Books, 2009), Tokyo Compression (Asia One/Peperoni Books, 2010) 和《接头街尾》(Hong Kong University Press, 2011)。