Baekjae

I began to notice the warmth against the ever cold, gilt-bronze skin of Buddha, and the solemn face that seemed to reject every approach slowly turned soft and subtle. Buddha speaks to me. “There has never been a boundary between us.” “I have always been inside you, only you have not recognized it.” “The way you see me now is also what you see in yourself.”

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Human

The answer to the question ‘Who is that person to me and who am I to him/her?’ has become what’s dissolved in my portraits. All of these acts stem from my attachment to humans, and maybe it casted too much love but still, it is nothing but love.

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Suwon Castle

Spending my elementary and middle school years in Suwon, the perimeters of the Four Gates of the Suwon Castle used to be the best playground. That boy returned after 50 years and stood on the Yeonmudae.

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Breath

The mere fact of existing, breathing and being alive itself is magical. The bumpy roads our inhalation and exhalation of the ordeals and delights carried out to this day…It is sublime beauty.

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Female Diver

The afterimage of them was engraved in my head for years. I knew there’d never be a chance to capture them. The ‘Haenyeo Exhibition’ held at the UNESCO Art Museum in 2015, Paris contributed to the registration of the haenyeos.

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Monologue

These are just personal numbers that I mutter to myself. How pleasant it is to know that there’s still the past, the present and future in me. And I begin to wonder…where am I heading towards now?

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Commercial

I must say that commercial photography is now my eternal companion. When there was no commission my anxiety kept me awake all night, gave me dreadful insomnia and eventually, the love-and-hate relationship began to build up.

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