Korean Smartphones Have Mandatory Shutter Sounds, 8 in 10 Want it Muted
It may come as a surprise to Americans and Western nations that a law in South Korea dictates that smartphone cameras must have a shutter sound.
Photographer is Left Baffled After Seeing Strange Lights in the Sky
A photographer was left baffled after he captured a series of strange lights over a city in South Korea on Monday.
Photographer’s Portraits of ‘Comfort Women’ Confront Japan’s Colonial Past
Tsukasa Yajima's photographs of comfort women, girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army, underline the importance of remembering atrocities of the past.
Olympus Exits Camera Market in Korea
Olympus has announced that it is exiting the camera business in South Korea due to plummeting sales.
Vintage Cameras Recreated by a Paper Artist
Korean artist Lee Ji-hee has recreated a selection of vintage cameras out of bright, colorful paper in some seriously advanced paper work.
Photojournalists Lay Down Their DSLRs as a Protest in South Korea
When Japan and South Korea signed a pact on military intelligence sharing last week, authorities decided to do the signing in private, closing off the ceremony to the press. Unhappy about this decision, photojournalists decided to protest the media blackout by laying down their cameras.
Old Film Roll from eBay Reveals Photos of Korea from Half a Century Ago
Photographer Ben Larsen purchased a lot on eBay that included several old rolls of film, one of which was a roll of Kodak Plus-X Pan black and white 35mm film. Not knowing anything about the roll, Larsen tossed it into a tank while processing his own roll of Kodak Tri-X at home. To his surprise, the film emerged from the developer with a large number of old photos of Seoul, South Korea, from five decades ago.
Chinese Couples Flocking to South Korea for $4,000 TV Set Engagement Photos
China's CCTV is reporting that more and more couples in Asia are flocking to South Korea in order to have their engagement photos captured on the sets of Korean drama TV shows. These shoots can cost upwards of $4,000 -- at least four times more than the shoots would cost in other countries.
South Korean Government Threatening Selfie Stick Retailers with $27K Fines and Jail Time
The South Korean government is threatening selfie stick retailers with fines of up to $27K and jail time over some of the group selfie products they're selling, and it's all because of electromagnetic radiation. Feeling lost yet? Us too.
Famed South Korean Photographer is Chief Suspect in Tragic Ferry Accident
On the 16th of April, 2014 the South Korean Ferry Sewol, which was carrying 476 people from Incheon towards Jeju at the time, capsized. Of the 476 passengers, most of them secondary school students from Danwon High School, only 172 survived, making this the worst ferry disaster in South Korea since December 14th of 1970.
All of this you probably know from international news coverage of the tragedy a couple of months ago. So, why are we talking about a ferry disaster on a photography website? Because it turns out one of the chief suspects the government wants to bring to justice in regards to the disaster is famed South Korean photographer Ahae.
Korea–Korea: Compelling Photos Compare the Public Spaces of North & South Korea
The difference between the two Koreas is well-known. We understand that one country is almost entirely closed off from the rest of the world, while the other is modern and plugged in. We've even seen images from space that show how literally dark North Korea is.
And yet, it takes a compelling photo series/book like German architecture photographer Dieter Leistner's Korea--Korea to truly drive home the differences between these two pieces of the same peninsula.
This Coffee Shop in South Korea is Shaped Like a Rolleiflex Camera
The title kind of says it all on this one, so we'll keep it brief. There is a coffee shop in South Korea that ought to make it onto every quirky photographer's bucket list... kind of like the bathroom in China we told you about a couple of weeks ago.
The bathroom was shaped like a rangefinder and this coffee shop lets you enjoy your favorite South Korean brew inside a beautifully designed Rolleiflex camera. However you prefer your coffee, there's little doubt in our minds that photo lovers would rather be drinking it from inside this cool and quirky café.
Trippy Portraits Shot at a Photo Illusion Museum
World travel bloggers Michael Powell and Jürgen Horn recently visited the The Trick Eye Museum in South Korea, where visitors can snap humorous and mind-bending pictures of themselves interacting with various painted rooms.