Himmel (Heaven) — The Great Noon
Berlin, Germany, 2019
Berlin, Germany, 2019
Erde (Earth)
Brandenburg, Germany, 2019
Brandenburg, Germany, 2019
Mensch (Human)
Potsdam, Germany, 2019
Heaven, Earth and Human
The Korean vowel letters are based on three fundamental elements: a dot representing the Sun in the Heavens, a horizontal line symbolizing the flat Earth, and a vertical line for the upright Human, the neutral mediator between the Heaven and Earth.
From Solid to Plane
Koreans used to think the world as composed of these three elements—Heaven, Earth and Human. I experiment with this philosophical and geometric concept to reinterpret ordinary scenes and render my photographs in a two-dimensional perspective.