Video Viewing and appreciation

Let’s get to know more about So Hing-keung! It is in Cantonese with English subtitles.

Compare the similarities and differences between the portraits in Baroque painter Caravaggio’s painting Supper at Emmaus and SO Hing-keung’s portrait photo from the set Chinese 1-5 below. You may consider the time, place, portrayed subjects, colour, lighting, mood expressed, etc.

Pay attention to how the artists create an ambience with the help of light and shadow (i.e. chiaroscuros).

In Caravaggio’s painting, the contrast between the concentrated light sources and shadows creates a mysterious and dramatic effect.

In So’s photograph, the soft and natural lighting gives a relaxed and natural mood.