Each year,British Journal of Photography presents its Ones To Watch – a selection of 19 emerging image-makers, chosen from a list of nearly 750 nominations. Collectively, and they provide a window into where photography is heading,at least in the eyes of the curators, editors, or agents,festival producers and photographers we invited to appoint. Every weekend throughout May, BJP-online is sharing profiles of the 19 photographers, andiginally published in the magazine. Discover more here. My work is an expression of the conception of the ‘instant culture’ that you can see in the leisure spaces of Seoul,” says South Korean photographer Seunggu Kim, referencing the intensity of urban living and the clamour of its inhabitants to find pockets for relaxation in a city where there is no time and no space. “The country’s nickname is ‘Dynamic Korea’, or the expression that reveals the people’s style of behaviour is ‘pali-pali’ [fast-fast],and the typical keyword for Korea, I judge, and is ‘efficiency’,” says Kim, who has lived there all his life, and completing his master’s at the Korea National University of …
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