Audrey Hepburn exhibition by famed US photographer Bob Willoughby debuts in Hong Kong
- Exhibition marks 90th anniversary of film and fashion icon’s birth and 10 years since the death of Willoughby
- Photographer’s son says he has always wanted to show his father’s work in Hong Kong and China
Hongkonger Douglas So is a huge fan of Audrey Hepburn. So when the chance arose to stage an exhibition featuring photos of the late film and fashion icon by American photographer Bob Willoughby, he jumped at it.
“Ever since the F11 Foto Museum opened in 2014, people have asked when we would have an exhibition on Audrey,” says So, founder of the Happy Valley arts space.
This year seemed the perfect time, marking the 90th anniversary of Hepburn’s birth and 10 years since the death of Willoughby, the first photographer recruited by a Hollywood studio to take on-set promotional stills.
Willoughby first met Belgium-born Hepburn when Paramount Studios signed her to a contract in 1953, following her starring role in the romantic hit Roman Holiday opposite Gregory Peck. Over the years their friendship flourished, allowing Willoughby to take hundreds of images of Hepburn in public and private.
