[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art
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A top Korean fashion designer takes on American hip-hop, sculpture Choi Xooang boldly traverses the uncanny valley, see North Korean in 3D, and see how one self-taught photographer nurtured his photographic heart in Seoul.
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"Korean designer teams up with US hip-hop musicians"
Korean fashion meets American hip hip! Ko Tae-yong ("Beyond Closet") recently announced a collaboration with "Odd Future" in Gangnum, which will be, according to Kim Jae-heun of The Korea Times. " first time for the American crew to work with Korean designer". Watch this space to see the high-end street styles that come from such international partnership.
...READ ON THE KOREA TIMES
"Eerie sculptures question the boundaries of human form"
South Korea artist Choi Xooang probes the uncanny valley with some hyperrealistic sculptures of the human form and face. "If one feels uncomfortable physically or mentally when viewing my work", says Choi, "I would say it worked". The craftsmanship on display here is stunning, and strangely disconcerting-now image them after an artificial intelligence program is installed...
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"3DPRK The Stereoscopic Photo Report about North Korea"
Read all about Yogoslavian photographer Matjaž Tančič's "stereoscopic 3D photographic portraiture project" in North Korea: "Matjaž shares that this is important because you can almost look around the person, and you can see every detail in their clothes and every pore on their face". Images from across the DMZ are definitely becoming more prevalent, but capturing North Korean locals like this is truly unique. There's also a 20-minute video about his project: "3DDPRK: Photographing North Korea" to view...
...READ ON STEREOSCOPY NEWS
"South Korea – The Country that Made me (a Photographer)"
This is a great post by Russell Goodman on Light Stalking about how his time in South Korea as an English teacher helped to nurture his passion for photography. Russell is a self-taught photographer who "loves travel and capturing life as it unfolds", and in this post, he shares his personal story before giving us a sample of some of his fantastic shots...
...READ ON LIGHT STALKING