Magnum world touring exhibition – The miracle of life

January 15, 2012

The Project containing miracle of life for people suffering from AIDS by Magnum eight writers who have the greatest influence in the world pictures and are the cradle of press/documentary photos. Steve McCurry, Jonas Bendiksen, Paolo Pellegrin, Alex Majoli, Goldburg Jim, Larry Towell, Eli Reed, Gilles Peress. They visited Korea in world tour exhibition. The Global Fund that established with aim of prevention and cure from AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria put patient’s real life of before and after cure AIDS in images through eight photographer cameras. And a result of this works put us once again in mind of humanity and family love for people …

Kentmere 100

January 15, 2012

These days, I carring out mainly Black and White films instead of color positive. (Actually I felt so burdened because the price of color positive films is too much.) Usually I have used Kodak 100ft bulk B&W film for high price then from several month ago I have tried RPX100 of Rollei for somebody to say to me that quality get better before. But You get what you pay for!!! I think that from the first, RPX100/400 have many quality problems from production regardless of development of film. Espcially, black vertical line appeared in front of film in every 3 or 4 roll. Some dealers told …

Lim, Eung Sik – Art Of History, History Of Art

January 7, 2012

After I heard a late news that an exhibition opened to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mr. Eung-Sik Lim’s birth(林應植, 1912. 11. 11 ~ 2001. 1. 18) who accomplished the modernization of Korea Photo world, I moved step to the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Deoksugung Palace near Seoul city hall. In exhibition that consist of 4 subject, subjects to captivate my eyes at the entrance are photos caught 1950s of turbulence making a beginning of “history of art”, “photo art” in mainly salon photo trend and records of Myeong-dong in Seoul for him to stop by with his camera every day. As he told on his memoirs, his …

An exhibition like treasure – United International Press Photo Exhibition

September 25, 2011

I found an exhibition like treasure while going by Seoul Train Station in Korea. I could not have imagined that old one was change into artistic place ,the name of “Culture Station Seoul 284” because I could not go inside old Seoul Train Station since new Seoul Train Station was built. This International Press Photo Exhibition that Yonhap News Agency gathered the world press photo of photojournalists and gave the prize to them and exhibit them is the exhibition to promote the purposes of The United Nations Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) and participate The United Nations’ efforts to anti-poverty and cope …

Wolrd Press Photo 11

August 30, 2011

To watch the Word Press Photo 11, I went to Seoul Art Center at the day of deadline. On the last day of exhibition, I arrived there 2 hours before close at that and I could see the exhibition narrowly. But I got a pamphlet for free and I could see that exhibition in quiet ambience by virtue of that. As 2010 Word Press Photo of the year, Jodi Bieber(from South Africa)’s photo of Afghanistan Girl by the name of Babi Aisha has been selected. His photo that he took of a Afghanistan girl of 18 years old whom her family forced …