I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a 2022 National Geographic Society Grant for my project on South Korea’s Asian moon bear restoration program. @InsideNatGeo. In 2004, an estimated 5 moon bears remained in Korea’s natural environment, with their extinction in the wild seeming all but inevitable. Hoping to avoid …
Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer for @natgeo / On a bright Sunday in September, I photographed Seoulites enjoying the end of summer at Ttukseom Hangang Park. For this National Geographic piece, 33 photographers documented simple moments of joy and beauty during the global coronavirus pandemic. View this post on Instagram A post shared …
Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer / In April, I worked with @natgeo to cover what South Korea has been doing right in handling Covid-19. I photographed medical workers at testing booths and Covid-19-only hospitals, a testing kit company, a school conducting an online class, a social distancing outdoor exam, and a taekwondo studio, a …