INCOMPLETE JOURNEY, 2005-2006
North Koreans have been crossing the border into China in search of refuge since the height of their famine in the 1990s. Seeking resettlement, the majority of North Koreans transit through a host of other countries before finally settling in South Korea, as a final destination of hardship journey for years. Incomplete Journey was made over three years and focuses on North Koreans living in South Korea. The photographer employed North Korean refugees as interviewers, location scouts and directors of photography. Together, they worked to locate the Korean War and its living social context, nearly 55 years since the war had been stopped and fcomotten.
Yun Suyeon
2008 Yale University, M.F.A (New Haven, CT)
2003 Photography Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, B.F.A (Boston, MA)
2008-2010 new haven, no haven _ Iraqi Refugee Project
2008 American Images and Icons of War From the Civil War To the Present,
2008 Yale university Art Gallery
2006-2008 Homecoming 1945-2008 _ American War Veterans from WWII-Iraq, Yale University
2004-2006 Incomplete Journey
2003-2004 Gilles Peress Studio New York, NY (Gilles Peress)
2003 Image Archives & AD. Dept, Magnum Photos New York
[Exhibitions]
2009 2,191 Days and Counting, Benefit Exhibition at Powerhouse Arena for The Iraq Veterans Against The War
2009 New York Photo Festival ,’Tierney Fellowship Group Show’
2008 Thesis Show 2008, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT
2008 Yale MFA 2008, Danziger Project, New York, NY
2008 Photo 2008, Gallery339, Philadephia, PA
[Awards]
2008 The 7th Daum Prize
2008 Alice Kimball English Prize, Yale University
2008 Tierney Fellowship Winner, Tierney family Foundation, New York
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