Title: Hong Kong/China Photographers Vol. 1
Photographer: So Hing-keung
Text: Oscar Ho
Date of publication: 2008
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: English
Dimensions of book: 213 mm x 278 mm
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Asia One
ISBN: 978-988-17041-7-7
Retail price: $300 HK + $50 USD
Summary of Project:
“The first volume of the extensive Hong Kong Photographers series, this book portrays So Hing-keung’s fascinating career as Hong Kong’s ‘photographer-explorer’. So’s major photographic series of the past two decades – Reflections on China, Still Night, This Mortal Coil: Alienated Urban Landscape, South China Portraits and Transformation of Matter – are presented in detail, giving the reader a deep insight to a photographer of unique sensitivity. From his explorations of pre-1997 British colonial rule to the post-1997 Special Administrative Region, from his physical surroundings to his inner psyche, from colour to monochrome, So leads viewers on a visual and spiritual journey. His search for images is also the metaphoric search for a deeper meaning, for identity and existence, experienced by every soul.”
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