Seoul Searching

All roads in South Korea lead to Seoul. It’s a huge city in a relatively small country – about half of the entire country’s 50 million inhabitants live in Seoul.  It’s a metropolis defined by a rapid economic growth spurt between the 1960s-1990s, making it one of the early Asian boomtowns outside of Japan. On the international level, it’s known as a technology player on par with the likes of Tokyo and Silicon Valley.

You’ll come to realize some strange things about Seoul. Its cityscape is quite… utilitarian. You’ll see identical concrete high-rises rinsed and repeated hundreds of times, and it makes you wonder if there might only be one or two architects responsible for this entire, gigantic, city. Even the historical Korean architecture that you’ll find at temples doesn’t have the attention to detail that you’ll find in their fellow Asian counterparts. It’s understated, and simple, and repetitive. If it sounds a bit drab, it can be, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t find gobs of excitement in Seoul, if you know where to find it. Head up the right hill, or down that perfect alleyway, you’ll find it.  In this gallery, I did my best to capture the essence of Seoul.

Here is the Gallery.

In other tidbits, my Gwangju gallery was picked up by  Photo Dialogue, would you can find by clicking that link. A Bangkok gallery is up next, otherwise, enjoy the holidays. Peace.