Large print-outs of portraits of "Inside Out: Harbour and the City" project are displayed on the exterior wall of Harbour City mall, on Canton Road, in Tsim Sha Tsui, on April 24, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Over 450 portraits of people showing smiling faces have brightened up the famous Canton Road of Hong Kong.

To celebrate the lifting of the city's mask-wearing requirement, the Harbour City shopping mall last month launched an art project titled “Inside Out: Harbour and the City”, inviting city dwellers, especially children growing up during the COVID-19 pandemic, to share the photos of their smiling faces.

Large-size black and white posters transformed from the selected photos are being displayed, starting Monday, at the Ocean Terminal Forecourt outside Harbour City, as well as on the exterior wall of the mall.

China Daily’s Andy Chong took these photos during a preview of the event.

A young participant of the "Inside Out: Harbour and the City" project strikes a pose with the portraits outside Harbour City mall, on Canton Road, in Tsim Sha Tsui, on April 24, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Participants of the "Inside Out: Harbour and the City" pose with their portraits outside Harbour City shopping mall, on Canton Road, in Tsim Sha Tsui, on April 24, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

A participant of the "Inside Out: Harbour and the City" project strikes a pose with the portraits outside Harbour City mall, on Canton Road, in Tsim Sha Tsui, on April 24, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Two participants of the "Inside Out: Harbour and the City" project strike a pose with their portraits outside Harbour City mall, on Canton Road, in Tsim Sha Tsui, on April 24, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)