Photobook Lounge Project
Issue 02
Space
Various Artists
Museum Hanmi
English and Korean
Softcover
100 x 100 mm
2015
The main theme of the second PHOTOBOOK LOUNGE PROJECT is ‘SPACE.
From the invention of photography, as a genre, photographs of Space have occurred directly and indirectly in the majority of photographs. For the fine art photographers, the space has been not only an attractive object but also an interesting subject.
The definition of the word ‘Space’ is an empty area or the expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur. In other words, the ‘Space’ is a paradox area which can be the area which is empty and which has infinite possibilities at the same time.
Accordingly, there are various stories in Space. Space is able to be cut off and carved not only through the artists interpretations but also through the relationships with the things which are in the Space. The interpretations are different from the ages and artists. Each procedure can appeal in the photographs and, at the same time, we get opportunities to communicate with the artists and Space through the action of seeing. Thus, even though photographers who are mainly dealing with space, the stories, that originate in the Space, are diverse. This project is going to introduce selected photography books of Space, which are surprisingly well-made, showing the outline for the contents from the collection of The Museum of Photography, Seoul.
(Source: back blurb)
About the Publisher
In November 2003, the Hanmi Photo Gallery, the first art museum specializing in photography in Korea, was launched. At that time, there was no specialized organization in Korea that sponsored photo creation and exhibited and collected photos. The Korean-Micki Museum of Photography has launched exhibitions, publications, and education projects for the popularization of photographic art and the globalization of Korean photography, and actively promoted exchanges with overseas photography institutions.
The Korea Photo Culture Research Institute (currently Museum Korea-U.S. Research Institute) was established in 2009 and expands and organizes Korean photographer data, to enhance the substance of Korean photographers that are worthy of the physical growth of Korean photography and raise Korean photographers, which were staying at the level of personal research to the level of regular academics. Since its inception, the research institute has been publishing a collection of materials that are the basis for Korean photographer research every year. Then, in 2012, the Hanmi Photography Academy (currently Museum Hanmi Academy) was opened to expand the base of the photography population and enjoy the public’s photographic art.
In 2022, a new site was opened in Samcheong-dong for the 20th anniversary of its opening. This was a new attempt to expand the art of photography and seek contact with contemporary art. To commemorate this departure and strengthen the will, the art museum was reborn as a museum. Museum Hanmi embraces the tradition of photography and accepts contemporary art that takes photography as a companion as an extension of photographic art. While continuing its passion for photography so far, Museum Hanmi welcomes the attempts and achievements of new art that have arrived with the digital era.
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