A Fan Ho photograph titled Work and Play, from his series of images portraying Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s. Photo: Fan Ho

All is Calm, one of Fan Ho’s photographs of Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s featured in a new book, Portrait of Hong Kong. Photo: Fan Ho

Dancing Canopies, from Fan Ho’s series of photographs of Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s. Photo: Fan Ho

Recollection of Wan Chai, from Fan Ho’s series portraying Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s. Photo: Fan Ho

In Deep Thought. Photo: Fan Ho

Acquaintance. Photo: Fan Ho

Afternoon Chat, 1959, by Fan Ho features in the upcoming Sotheby’s exhibition. Photo: Fan Ho

Detail from Pattern, by Fan Ho, featured in Sotheby’s exhibition. Photo: Fan Ho

A self-portrait, titled Fan Ho in Car. Photo: Fan Ho

Press clippings about Fan Ho. Photo: Fan Ho