Paolo Morales

Paolo Morales

TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Fantasies“) © Paolo Morales, 2011 Don’t we fall prey to the boundless depths of our fantasies at times? Paolo Morales used the camera as a tool to construct relationships with women, not picking them up from…

The Every2nd Project

The Every2nd Project

TOP, from (“Good Night, Sleepless Night“) © Charles Nikolas Buenconsejo MIDDLE, from (“The Unaccustomed Earth Everything in Its Right Place“) © Dagos Santos Jabagat BOTTOM, from (“In Ramble“) © Arjay Arevalo Put a bunch of creative types together and you…

Xiong Wenyun

Xiong Wenyun

TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Floating Rainbow“) © Xiong Wenyun, 1999-2009 Starting the year off with some images by Chinese photographer, Xiong Wenyun. Better known for her Moving Rainbow series, she added dashes of color into typical Tibetan landscapes and trucks…

Chin-pao Chen

Chin-pao Chen

TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Circumgyration“) © Chen Chin-pao, 2004 Chen Chin-Pao taught in an elementary school for a decade (while completing a BFA from SVA, New York) and his series on Circumgyration caught my eye. On first glance, you would…

Dennis Rito

Dennis Rito

Dennis Rito was kind enough to show me around Manila when I was there last year. His new series, UNLIMITXT, strikes a deep chord with me. Like the many netizens out there, my existence is intricately linked to my virtual…

Lei Jianyou

Lei Jianyou

TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“??/Looking Afar“) © Lei Jianyou Lei is a young photographer from Zhejiang, China. A self-taught photographer with a short history behind him, his works carry a certain heaviness. He infuses elements of melancholy romanticism in his…

Gloria Chung

Gloria Chung

TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“November“) © Gloria Chung I know it’s only the end of January but Gloria Chung’s November series made me think a little about how time flies. Turn one round on the spot you’re standing on and…

Kwon Ji hyun

Kwon Ji hyun

Kwon Ji hyun: I’m so sorry. I’m just, just photographing in the messed up world. Andreas Heinrich: I’m just a small part of the whole. This will accompany me eternally. I will always only be a part of the whole….

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…

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“)…

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…

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…

Tsukasa Yokozawa

TOP TO BOTTOM, “Approach Lights #3“, “On White #1“, “On the Margin” © Tsukasa Yokozawa, 1999-2005 Tsukasa Yokozawa is a Japanese photographer living and working in New York. A selection of his works from various series are currently on exhibition…

Lee Jeong-lok

TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Mythical Landscape“) © Lee Jeong-lok, 2007 Painstakingly created, Lee Jeong-lok’s Mythical Landscape series turned ordinary scenes into works that intrigue and wonder. Growing up in the countryside, the artist has an intricate bond with nature and…

Young Kim – Suitman

Quirky, very quirky. I spotted Young Kim’s book at the bookshop a while back and chuckled quietly to my amusement. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Suitman“) © Young Kim Photographed in the vein of costumed self-portraits like Tseng Kwong Chi, these…