David Clarke teaches in the Department of Fine Arts of the University of Hong Kong. He is both a photographer and an art historian, and his photographic art has been exhibited many times in Hong Kong, as well as in a number of other countries, including Australia and Canada. His black and white photos of Hong Kong during the handover years are featured in Reclaimed Land: Hong Kong in Transition (Hong Kong University Press, 2002). Among his other books are Hong Kong Art: Culture and Decolonization and Modern Chinese Art.