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Seoul Korea, 2010
The photograph, mysterious as riddle
There is existence of emptiness rather than fillings in his photo- ories operate. He recently realized that he had seen about all the
graphs. Since he places more weight on the visible object itself, circumstances in a political and social context. Yong-hwan Lee, who
Yong-hwan Park tends to simplify his photographs as much as pos- looks into the landscape with his own eyes, says that his work is the
sible by the elimination of the signs. Looking at the pictures in his same as play, and that all the processes starting with photography
works, the objects of reality are hidden by the heras. And the new are fun. I hope that he will look back on our current landscape
picture on the heras gives the impression that the reality and vir- through scenes of his own eyes.
tual are not separated but connected. He says that the landscape
in his picture is a very ironic and that his photograph should be
seen as a whole rather than looking at the individual objects. The
specific explanation interferes with the imagination, so it contains Yong-hwan Lee (이용환)
He graduated from the Department of Photography at Chung-Ang
his intention to induce his work to be phenomenalogically respon- University with a master's degree in video media at the Graduate School of
Photography and the Graduate School of Journalism. He graduated from the
sive to the individual's own experience. Rather than conveying the University of Ohio with a master's degree in multimedia and a doctoral degree
in philosophy from the Catholic University of Daegu. He has been a director
meaning of the photographs directly, he wanted to create a mys- of the Daegu Photography Biennale in 2010 and has participated in many
photo exhibitions with leading galleries in Germany and China, and has been
tery-like picture that the people guesses through the hints given by a reviewer and judge in European photography festivals. In 2016, he was
the photographer. It gives the people who appreciate the work a selected as one of the 100 most photographed photographers in the world
by Europe's most prestigious magazine "European Photography". Currently,
share that can be reasoned. He says his ideal landscape does not he is a professor of photography at Chung-Ang University and a director of a
film production.
exist. But he thinks it is more important to subtract unnecessary
parts than to add in his work. Just as signs are gathered to become
symbolized, in order for the symbols to be freely composed, there The photographer Yong-hwan Lee's
should not be many signs.
He emphasized elements that can be felt only in works by mini- "Political Landscape" will be held from
mizing everything. As their memories feel their emotions through August 6 to September 30 at the RMA
interaction with the object, they make their own stories and mem- Institute Gallery in Thailand.

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