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Takashi Homma
TOP TO MIDDLE, from (“Tokyo Suburbia“) © Takashi Homma, 1998 BOTTOM, from (“New Waves“) © Takashi Homma, 2003 Takashi Homma captures the dark ominous side of Tokyo in the late nineties in his series ‘Tokyo Suburbia’. Japan was at the cusp of an economic doldrum, where an asset bubble caused many subsequent years of recession. [...]
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Dayoung Kang
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“swallow“) © Dayoung Kang, 2009 Dayoung Kang’s swallow series depicts the anonymity and lack of identity in modern society. Faceless characters inhabit the images; unable to communicate with others in the society. The hidden wounds we carry haunt us, yet we continue to swallow the pain. Visit her website here. This [...]
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Siyeon Park
Siyeon Park’s series reminds one of August Sander’s portraits of the People of the 20th Century, a typological look at school-going girls in Korea. The girls bear an eerie resemblance to each other, blank stares fixated on their faces. Su-yeon Choi: Who cries all the time over everything Ji-in Kim: Who hates to wear school [...]
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Kwon Ji hyun
Kwon Ji hyun: I’m so sorry. I’m just, just photographing in the messed up world. Judith Gehring: My sentence was paid for by an innocent dove, whose beauty was distorted so that I would enjoy freedom! Damian Pieniazek: I am too ambitious, that’s why I don’t have enough time for my family. TOP TO BOTTOM, [...]
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Noriko Ishihara
Noriko Ishihara’s works explores the inner human condition. Within our cages lie a multitude of concerns and fears – things that frighten us. The series questions the individual’s inner being and represents them in a whole new light. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“?? (silent and loneliness) world“) © Noriko Ishihara, 2009 Highly abstruse, the images’ [...]
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Kim Ji-Hye
Kim Ji-Hye approached a subject that affects roughly half the human population – the menstrual cycle. She approached individuals who shared with her their greatest concerns/peeves about it and transformed these stories into caricatures. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Menstrual Cycle“) © Kim Ji-Hye, 2009 For an act as natural as breathing, the topic remains mostly [...]
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Serry Park
Serry Park’s series, XO pale white, delineates the meaning of objects in our daily lives. A minimalist piece of work, the simplicity of the images hides the amount of effort placed in creating the set. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“XO pale white“) © Serry Park, 2009 From her statement: I cannot open the window, nor [...]
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Showcase: Chung-Ang University
Walter Bergmoser, a professor at Chung-Ang University’s Department of Photography, approached me sometime last month to showcase his students’ work which was shown at Bratislava’s Month of Photography. I will be putting up some of the works along the course of this week. One of his students, Jihyun Kwon, won the Best Portfolio award, and [...]
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KL Photoawards 2010
A little more than a year ago, the KL Photoawards was launched as a competition to scour the globe for contemporary portrait photography. Time passes so quickly and they’re back once again. The competition is open to both amateurs and professionals, although they have removed the professional category this time round. Here are the contest [...]
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