
Solace
- Publisher
- Session Press
- Year
- 2024
- ISBN
- 978-0-578-42909-0
- Specifications
- Silkscreen-printed cover
21 x 29.7 cm
184 pages
Design by Geoff Han
Image editing by Geoff Han and Miwa Susuda
Text editor: Ming Lin
Text: a conversation between Wing Shya and Karen Smith
Translation by Ho King Man
Lithography by Sebastiaan Hanekroot, Colour & Books
Printed by Die Keure, Brugge
The first US monograph by Hong Kong photographer and film director Wing Shya. At its heart are behind-the-scenes portraits made on the sets of Wong Kar-wai's films, including Happy Together and In the Mood for Love — unguarded moments of actors such as Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Gong Li between takes — interspersed with commercial work and private snapshots of nature and cityscapes. Shot on expired and re-exposed film, the book conjures a nostalgic, dreamlike Hong Kong punctuated by flashes of vivid colour.