Archive for 2005/06


A Week of Pictures #4

Got out to explore the countryside a bit last week, on my bicycle. Wanted to show the density of the weather experience. You can see this, on Tuesday’s image, in the looming dark humidity. It’s not raining; it’s just hanging above the city. This time of year, I find the weather to be quite overpowering. […]

Address Unknown

I recently saw the film Address Unknown, directed by the South Korean film maker, Kim Ki-duk. The story is about the inhabitants of a rural town, nearby a U.S. army base, sometime during the 1970s.

Address Unknown is the first film by Kim that I’ve seen; although I’ve been aware of his work for sometime now. […]

A Week of Pictures #3

“Adjumas”, “Soldier”, “Neon Cross in Night Sky”, “Old Man Cooling Off Under Concrete”, “Young Man Staring at His Hands”, “Flowers and Trash” and “Train Cuts Landscape”.

These are the varied subjects that made up my visual experience of Korea, this week past. The theme this week has been a cross between movement and nature. I […]

Some thoughts about life in Korea ~ Part II

Earlier, I wrote about the issue of distance, both in life and with photography in Korea. Now, I hope to continue to discuss my personal observations of life in Korea, and my particular practice of photography, as experienced here.

Someone recently asked: ‘why do you bother to take pictures of this or that (seemingly pointless things, […]

A Week of Pictures #2

Another week has passed, and so has seven days of visual experience in this interesting land of South Korea. I hope you enjoy the images.

Most of the images this week have the theme of movement, as they were taken at subway stations, roads and bus stops, and on subways and buses.

The final image of the […]