So Hing-keung was born in Hong Kong. He graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1994 with first class honour in Photography Design. So is a prolific photographer who has held numerous solo and group shows in Paris, Berlin, New York, Halifax and Hong Kong since the late 1980s. The latest one, “Red”, was held at the Louis Vuitton Gallery in Hong Kong in 2009. So received many local and international awards including a Fellowship by Asia Cultural Council in 1995, Gold Awards at the Hong Kong Institute of Professional Photographers Awards in 1997 and 1999, a Fellowship for Artistic Development by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 1998 as well as the Fine Arts Award of the Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial 2001. His works are collected by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art and various local and overseas private collections. Currently he works as a professional photographer and teaches photography part time at the Department of Fine Arts of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Art School as the Hong Kong Arts Centre.