Between 1905 and 1945 Korea was dominated by the Japanese, thus becoming a colony of the Empire. In 1945, after Japan's defeat, Korea was involved in the Cold War and became an object of interest for the USA, the URSS and lately for China as well. This brought to the...
Denis Davydenko: Joseon
Joseon - this is how the inhabitants call their country. In Korean it means "Country of morning freshness". Outside its borders it is known as North Korea. Complicated, contradictory, shrouded in myths and legends in media publications. It is the only country on the Earth in which there is classical...
Nathalie Daoust: Korean Dreams
Photographer Nathalie Daoust’s newest project, Korean Dreams, is a complex series that probes the unsettling vacuity of North Korea. Piercing its veil with her lens, these images reveal a country that seems to exist outside of time, as a carefully choreographed mirage. Daoust has spent much of her career exploring...
Interview with documentary photographer Fabian Muir
Fabian Muir is an Australian documentary and fine art photographer, and occasional writer, currently based in Sydney. The principal motivation behind his projects and practice is a focus on humanist issues combined with strong visual storytelling. In addition to extensive experience in documenting the countries and de facto republics of the...
Fabian Muir: Shades of Leisure in North Korea
Mention of 'North Korea' evokes a very specific mental image, dominated by military parades, the leaders and the famine of the 1990s. Its reputation has deteriorated even further in 2017 with a surge in weapons testing and the tragic death of a detained US tourist. Even so, life in North...
Raphael Olivier: North Korea Vintage Architecture
Raphael Olivier is a french photographer based in Shanghai, China, with an interest for urban development and mega-city lifestyles. He works on commercial assignments around Asia covering architecture, interiors, corporate, industrial, hotels & resorts, lifestyle and documentary. Pyongyang, capital city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (a.k.a North Korea),...