Solace | Wing Shya | Session press 2024

Solace | Wing Shya | Session press 2024"Early in his career, Shya was invited by Wong Kar wai to serve as an on set stills photographer for films including Happy Together and In the Mood for Love. Granted rare access to the renowned directors inner circle, over the years Shya captured poignant behind the scenes portraits of iconic actors such as Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, and Gong Li in unguarded moments between takes. These intimate images form the heart of Solace,

the evocations of those who were once there will surely endure

including our crops

almost thirteen

Instant disintegration of a life form

along the Pacific coast of Japan

passing away suddenly at only 39 years old

the windows symbolise the existential loneliness that most of us must come to terms with to a greater or lesser degree

64 years have gone to pass by me

Again and again

scratches and small bumps

flocks of several parakeets each would fly to the elm tree near my home in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward

The inside of the volume has yellowing along the edges