Unknown
Dawn

Unknown Dawn
Unknown Dawn

It was an accidental meeting that I was in that space. Unfamiliar town, chilly night air, and gloomy atmosphere.

“Is it really the center of Seoul?”

It was my thought when I first looked at the factory site in Sungsoo-dong. I couldn’t hear and see anything alive besides me. Moreover, I could feel night fog and mysterious fantasy at that night. After that day, I’ve gone to Sungsoo-Dong every dawn.

Dong-Gwang (동광)
Dong-Gwang (동광) · 20 × 24 inch · archival pigment print2015
The Back Street of a Town
The Back Street of a Town · 20 × 24 inch · archival pigment print2015
Public Parking
Public Parking · 20 × 24 inch · archival pigment print2015

The fire in the public parking lot was still shining brightly. The red light was visible from the second floor window of the building.

What was that light?

The clock on my wrist was pointing to 2 am. The moving creature, where I was alone, quietly set up the camera with a tripod.

Ghost Building
Ghost Building · 150 × 100 cm · archival pigment print2016
Pharmaceutical Factory
Pharmaceutical Factory · 150 × 100 cm · archival pigment print2016
Container Box
Container Box · 150 × 100 cm · archival pigment print2016

It was still at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but the factory was still on, and there were still sounds of machines rolling back and forth. This was not the Seoul I knew so far.

Unknown Dawn — 08
Unknown Dawn — 08

My style of photography is always to keep vertical and horizontal. The sense of security coming from it is good. I tried to cut down only the sections of the buildings in a plane. But as soon as I saw this building, I was impressed.

"What building is it?"

It was not a home or a factory. I remember that I shot more than two hours only in that place that day. It is at 2 o'clock in the morning when it feels bad.

Unknown Dawn — 09 (detail)
Unknown Dawn — 09 (detail)
Unknown Dawn — 10 (detail)
Unknown Dawn — 10 (detail)
Unknown Dawn — 11 (detail)
Unknown Dawn — 11 (detail)