I dig Soon-Choel Byun’s portraits. There’s something about them that makes me wish I could connect to people on that level when shooting them. Byun completed his MFA at the SVA and his BFA at ICP.
© Soon-Choel Byun
© Soon-Choel Byun
© Soon-Choel Byun
An interview in Korean here, would someone be so kind to do some translation on that? (My Korean friend is too busy to help me translate!)
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Hmmm. This looks a little too close to ‘photographs of my arty classmates’ for my liking. I think some of the pictures of couples are a bit more substantial.
I think the latter two were for fashion. I guess it’s a little different for me as I don’t really see such work being passed off as fashion here but then again, maybe I don’t flip through enough fashion magazines!
There is a good deal of sexual tension in these images, which the photographer captures with exquisite understatement. A nice juxtaposition, intensity and simplicity.