Happy Together, released in 1997, is a romance film directed by Wong Kar-wai, which depicts a turbulent love story of gay lovers. The film aesthetics is undoubtedly mesmerizing. Meanwhile, the atmospheric movie stills capture by Wing Shya, which also becomes classic.
Wing Shya was initially a graphic designer. He liked to make collages at school and even tried to pick up trash on the street to create. When photographing film stills for Happy Together, he designs the collage with the stills and script text, which is more artistic than the film stills.
Wing Shya recently exhibited his diversified creations in the gallery. The exhibition is named “Happy Together.” In addition to the collages of movie stills, there are also commercial photography works taken throughout the years. He said, “Happy Together” is a love story. The photographs I have taken over the years are also related to love. The similar scenes of two people Happy Together.”
He photographed Daniel Wu and Shu Qi for fashion magazine “iD” in 2002. The protagonists were hugging each other on a motorcycle and staged a loving moment, and such a fancy-free style may be traced back to the movie “Happy Together.”
