{"product_id":"17783-contemporary-korean-photography","title":"Contemporary Korean Photography","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eIn recent years, a generation of photographers from \u003c!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/--\u003e\u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eSouth Korea\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e who can justifiably be referred to as pioneers has caused quite a sensation on the global photo scene. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO\"\u003eSince the late 1980s, the visual arts in \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eSouth Korea\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e have quantitatively expanded against the background of rapid economic growth. The seventy-five photographic artists selected in this project observe and interpret social and cultural changes in \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eKorea\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e from their own perspectives. \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eKorea\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e is expressed through intense portraits, beautiful sceneries, strategic cityscapes, records of daily life, and digitally reconstructed time and space. I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003et is marked by a fascinating variety that has been captured in the volume\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eContemporary Korean Photography:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e the meditative black-and-white nature studies by Bien-U B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO\"\u003eAE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e contrast strongly with the pseudo-American plastic world of Sungsoo K\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO\"\u003eOO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e; the psychologizing, intense portraits by Soon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO\"\u003ec\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ehoel B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO\"\u003eYUN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e respond to Sang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO\"\u003ehy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO\"\u003e LEE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e and his garish, ironizing quotes of Korean history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO\"\u003e\u003c!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45526191243528,"sku":"9783775740401","price":49.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775740401_c4e00d1f-0e1d-4615-aad4-8ca4230b63a6.jpg?v=1744052080","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17783-contemporary-korean-photography","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}