In May I photographed South Korean CEO Kim Jung-woong of GP Club for Forbes Asia. Mr. Kim has made a fortune by selling facial masks in China and became one of South Korea’s newest billionaires. I had to combine my reportage and portrait skills for this particular photoshoot. Early morning, …
I had another creative and productive year in 2018. In January and February, I covered stories for various international media before and during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The Monocle Travel Guide to Seoul, for which I was the chief photographer, came out in March. Monocle happens to be my …
In September 2017, the British magazine Monocle commissioned me to photograph multiple venues in Seoul for the newest addition to their Travel Guides. It was not an easy task; I had to photograph 130 places in 20 days because Monocle wanted original images, not those from press kits. It was …
A journalism student asked me about the career of a freelance photographer/visual journalist and the importance of having a portfolio website. It may sound obvious, but more than often photographers are not good at presenting and positioning themselves.