Photographer Jun Michael Park
Documentary Photographer and Visual Storyteller
Jun Michael Park is a documentary photographer and filmmaker from Seoul, South Korea. Jun studied English Literature at Queen’s University, Canada, and fell in love with photography while doing his mandatory 2-year military service in South Korea.
Over the course of his journey as a visual storyteller, Jun has documented various subjects, from the families of the South Korean ferry victims to an international e-Sports champion in Pakistan. Jun’s interest lies in human stories and he has worked on assignments and personal projects across the world, including in Cuba, Greece, Germany, Indonesia, Russia, Nepal and Kyrgyzstan.
In 2015, Jun won a Silver award in the Press-Feature Story category at Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) and participated in the Eddie Adams Workshop XXVIII in New York. In April 2022, he became the first South Korean photographer to be named a National Geographic Explorer. With the support of the National Geographic Society grant, Jun is now continuing his work on Korea National Park Service’s pioneering moon bear rewilding project. He is exploring the question of how Korea, a rapidly industrialized and urbanized nation, can learn to re-embrace nature and coexist with its wildlife.
His work has been published in National Geographic, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, The Guardian, CNN, ESPN and Monocle magazine, among other international publications.
Jun is available for photo and video (including drone) assignments and commissions worldwide.
Clients and Publications
US: The New York Times, National Geographic, Bloomberg Businessweek, NPR, ESPN, CNN, Yo-Yo Ma
Germany: Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Brand Eins, Welt am Sonntag, Stern Crime, Cicero, Lufthansa Magazine
UK: Monocle, The Guardian / Observer, The Financial Times, The Telegraph
France: CHANEL Culture Fund, GEO France, Le Monde, L’Express, Les Echos, Le Point
Honors and Awards
2022-23 National Geographic Field Ready Mentee
2022 National Geographic Storytelling Explorer
2021 American Photography 37
2019 Projection, How We Remember, Angkor Photo Festival
2019 Recipient, Onbit Documentary Awards
2016 Projection at the 1st Les Ateliers de Couthures
2016 Selected for the 5th Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism
2015 Eddie Adams Workshop XXVIII, New York
2015 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
2015 Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) 2015, Silver Award
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포토그래퍼 박준수는
캐나다에서 영문학을 공부했고 사진가로서 네 번의 개인전을 가졌다. 2007년에 철거 된 동대문운동장의 마지막 모습을 기록한 사진들로 2012년 <동대문운동장: 아파하지 않는 사람들을 위하여>를 출간했고, 2014년 서울역사박물관에서 열린 <잘 가, 동대문운동장> 전시에 참여했다.
2015년, 세월호 이후의 모습들을 기록한 작업으로 프랑스 파리사진상 (Prix de la Photographie Paris, Px3 2015) 프레스-피쳐스토리 부문 은상을 수상했고 제28회 에디아담스 워크샵에 참가했다. 2016년, 독일 하노버 루믹스 포토저널리즘 페스티벌에 세월호 작업을 전시했다.
2019년, 한국에서 가장 권위있는 다큐멘터리 사진상인 온빛상을 수상했다. 프리랜서 외신기자로 활동하면서 2020년부터 한국 국적 사진가 최초로 미국 내셔널지오그래픽과 일하고 있으며, 2022년 내셔널지오그래픽 탐험가(National Geographic Explorer)로 선정되었다.