I believe photography is more than a record of reality. It is an art through which we reflect on humanity and our time.
I first picked up a camera during a turbulent period in South Korea's history. For more than three decades, I worked as a photojournalist for an international news agency, documenting historical events and human lives.
For many years, I regarded faithfully recording reality as my responsibility. Yet I came to realize that facts alone cannot fully reveal the deeper nature of humanity and our time.
Today, I deconstruct and reassemble images from my archive alongside newly captured photographs. Images from different times and places converge, evoking unfamiliar sensations and new experiences.
I seek neither to offer conclusions nor to impose interpretations. Instead, I hope to create subtle ruptures in familiar ways of seeing, opening a space for contemplation.
For more than three decades, my camera recorded reality. Today, it looks beyond the visible.