South Korea
Garden in a neglected landscape
Stories
12 July 2021
Garden in a neglected landscape
The series that I captured plants surrounding cities uncovers the aura of neglected landscape of the space. Plants have coexisted…
Isolation, among past and presentness
Stories
16 April 2021
Isolation, among past and presentness
Most of things have got changed by the urbanization. Cafe is one of those. In the early 1990s South Korea,…
Françoise Huguier “Virtual Seoul”
Photo Exhibition
14 October 2016
Françoise Huguier “Virtual Seoul”
The exhibition captures the diversity and eccentricity of today’s South Korea.
Southern Salt
Photo Essays
7 April 2016
Southern Salt
Once known for salt production, the sun burnt islands of Sinan County are now recognized as the slave islands of…
The 5th Daegu Photo Biennale
International Photo Festival
16 September 2014
The 5th Daegu Photo Biennale
'Origins, Memories & Parodies', 'Women in War', 'Moon : A Story of Sky and Earth', 'Contemporary Italian Photography', 'Eternal Eye…
PRIVATE 52 | Contemporary Photography SOUTH KOREA
PRIVATE
31 March 2011
PRIVATE 52 | Contemporary Photography SOUTH KOREA
Even though it has been only about 10 years since photography was included in art in Korea, photography is becoming…
Suyeon Yun | Incomplete Journey
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Suyeon Yun | Incomplete Journey
North Koreans have been crossing the border into China in search of refuge since the height of their famine in…
Jae Kwang Yang | Nightswimming – My Dear Grandmother…
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Jae Kwang Yang | Nightswimming – My Dear Grandmother…
Nightswimming starts from my first memory – the parting with my dear Nanny. I called her Grandma – I really…
Suntag Noh | Really Good, Murder
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Suntag Noh | Really Good, Murder
This series of works looks through the surface of so called weapon show, questioning what is hidden behind the technology…
Hyun-sun Yoon | Memento
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Hyun-sun Yoon | Memento
I feel like I’ve got used to living a prosaic life. Even if memories and a flood of events are…
Suk Kuhn Oh | The Text Book
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Suk Kuhn Oh | The Text Book
Korean textbooks are full of didactic images meant to educate children.
Aaron Choe | Not Yet Remembered
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Aaron Choe | Not Yet Remembered
The reason I moved to Korea was to be with the person pictured in this series. I met her while…
Sungman Kim | The Foundry
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Sungman Kim | The Foundry
The foundry is located in Song-Jung ri, Gwang ju, Jeollanam-do province. Kettles, hot grills and stoves were manufactured at the…
Sunmin Lee | The Woman’s House
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Sunmin Lee | The Woman’s House
Despite its external image of being a place of tranquil relaxation, a family, the arena for such things, is a…
Jeong Mee Yoon | ‘Insa-dong’ series
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Jeong Mee Yoon | ‘Insa-dong’ series
These photographs document workers at shops located in the area of Insa-Dong, Seoul. When we think of Insa-Dong
Jae-gu Kang | A Private
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Jae-gu Kang | A Private
The image of a soldier had been strongly imprinted on my mind, like the icon of a real man, a…
Kim Insook | SAIESEO_Between Two Koreas & Japan
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Kim Insook | SAIESEO_Between Two Koreas & Japan
Responses of South-Koreans towards ‘Koreans in Japan’ are usually divided into two types: ‘indifference’ and ‘extreme interest’.
Eric Perriard | Spleen
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Eric Perriard | Spleen
Born in South Korea in 1980, I was adopted at the age of 6 and raised in France. I returned…
Eun Koung Ko | Korean in Germany
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Eun Koung Ko | Korean in Germany
[I]n the early 1960s, West Germany achieved rapid economic development, while on the contrary, South Korea was in extreme poverty.…
Nils Clauss | South Korea – Shot by Shot
PRIVATE Photographers
31 March 2011
Nils Clauss | South Korea – Shot by Shot
This “picture diary” is a project, which has been executed for a year in 2008. By taking a daily picture…