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Article: Byunghun Min at Gaain.(Seoul, South Korea)(Review of Exhibitions)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- October 1, 1995
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Like the Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, the Korean Byunghun Min ignores what we think of as the rules of composition and photographic esthetics.
Min recently showed a suite of photos that if taken by a Sunday shutterbug would be destined for the trash. They are mostly of the sky, with what would normally be the center of attention--the landscape--confined to a narrow band at the bottom of the vertical rectangles. You see just the tip of the mountain, an inch or so of seascape or a bit of foliage tucked into the corners.
Min, who is self-taught as a photographer, says he aims to capture the essence of the Korean landscape. He seeks to convey the ...