A portrait of Park Hae-soo, a star from the Netflix hit Squid Game. For Monocle magazine.
Korea Asia Portrait Photographer Jun Michael Park
Portrait of Kim Hyon-hui, a former North Korean agent responsible
for the bombing of Korean Air flight 858 in 1987, which killed 115 people.

For The Washington Post, 5 Feb 2018
A portrait of Park Seung-hwan, a delivery driver for CJ Logistics.
Cover story for Nikkei Asia, Feb 2021.
Kim Jung-woong, CEO of GP Club, Seoul, South Korea.

Cover story for Forbes Asia, Jul 2019.
Portrait of Thae Yong-ho, former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom. Thae defected to South Korea with his family in 2016 and they have been under the protection of the South Korean government. For the Washington Post.
Portrait of South Korean prosecutor Seo Ji-hyun at a cafe in Seoul, 20 Jun 2019. Seo went public with her own account of sexual harassment by another higher ranking prosecutor and started MeToo movement in South Korea.
Grammy-nominee Jazz Pianist Edsel Gomez, Seoul, 2014.
French singer-songwriter Matthieu Chedid poses for a picture wearing his signature M-shaped glasses inside a clock shop at the Namdaemun Market, Seoul. For L'Express.
Portrait of former UNSG Ban Ki-moon, Seoul, South Korea. For Monocle magazine.
Portrait of Lee Pyung, a North Korean live stream star, in his office in northern Seoul, South Korea, 28 Feb 2018. For Buzzfeed News.
Portraits of three fathers of the Frog Boys, Daegu, South Korea, Sep, 2017. For stern crime in Germany.
Manfred Fitzgerald, former CEO of Hyundai Genesis, and his running shoes, Seoul, South Korea, 28 Mar 2019. For Monocle magazine.
Hwang Hyeon-eun and Lee Ji-won, 13-year-old middle school students, came from Incheon to attend the youth protest. These young students are dubbed members of the Sewol Generation after the ferry disaster that shook South Korea to its core. 19 Nov 2016.
Yemeni asylum seeker Majid is an atheist and advocate of secularism. He fled his country fearing religious persecution. For the New York Times.
Yoga Portrait, Gyeongnidan, Seoul, 2013.
Portrait of Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, a Chamorro activist living in Guam, at Tagachang Beach. For CNN, 12 Aug 2017.
How different generations of South Koreans perceive North Korea. Portrait of South Korean grandmother and grandson Kim Okhee, 82, and
Jeon Yongwon, 29. For de Volkskrant, 4 Sep 2017.
Demis Hassabis, cofounder and CEO of Google DeepMind. For Les Echos, March 2016.
Portrait of Kim Soo-young, 29, a former journalist and a current student of political communication, Seoul, South Korea, 10 Apr 2019. For de Volkskrant.
Portrait of farmer Gyeong Dong-ho at his sorghum farm, Goesan, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, 2 Oct 2018. Gyeong is president of Hansalim producer's federation in Goesan. For brand eins magazine.
"Diego", a gay South Korean asylum seeker living in Paris, August 2015.
Ban Ho-young, co-founder and CEO of South Korean start-up NEOFECT. For FT Business Education Magazine, November 2015.
Kim Kyung-ok, a North Korean defector, is dressed in attire made in Gaesong Industrial Complex, a joint venture by the two Koreas just north of the border. Outtake from an assignment or Welt am Sonntag's ICON. Seoul, Aug 2015.
Opera Kim Gu, Pre-production, Seoul, 2013
Portrait of German-Korean architect Daniel Tandler, Euljiro, Seoul, South Korea, 21 Aug 2019. For DestinAsian magazine.
Portrait of Grace Jun, the proprietor of J. Hidden House, a Hanok cafe in Seoul, South Korea, 25 Jun 2019. For DestinAsian magazine.
Portrait of Kim Hee-ju and Lee Sang-kyu, at their wood workshop in Hyeonbuk township, Yangyang, Gangwon Province, South Korea, 26 Jul 2019. The couple moved to Yangyang from Seoul seven months ago. For Monocle magazine.

Portraiture

Korea photographer Jun Michael Park’s portrait portfolio. These photos were commissioned by various international clients, including The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Monocle magazine and more.

Jun’s specialty is environmental portraiture. You can view and search for more images from his photo archive.