voyage // jesse chun photography
havana, cuba
snapshots from cuba. jesse chun ©
My bylined story for The Korea Times
On photographing my favorite fine art photographer, Bohnchang Koo
wong kar wai // there is only one sun
whether it’s for artistic or commercial purpose, WKW always remains true to his colors.
a true visual hero in my book.
le travail // snapshots from new york metropolitan opera, seoul artists’ residences, stuttgart ballet theatre
” A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both. “
- François-René de Chateaubriand
My portrait of Bohnchang Koo, one of South Korea’s pioneer fine art photographers.
© Jesse Chun/The Korea Times
My portraits of Cannes winning Film Director, Kwon-Taek Im
© Jesse Chun/The Korea Times
hong kong
hong kong - the city that raised me.
Germany, October 2011
My portraits of ballerina Sue Jin Kang - a principal dancer at the Stuttgart ballet.
All photographs copyrighted by © Jesse Chun and The Korea Times.
moi
panicale, italy
copyrighted by Jesse Chun
new work,
havana, cuba 2011
untitled series
this new series is about capturing filth, algae, dust, faded paint, mold, cracked, peeling walls of old buildings, trash cans and floors of different cities around the world and turning it into an abstract painting. i seek to find the emotional intensity, color and compositional quality of abstract paintings of painters that have inspired me artistically over the years such as gerhard richter, franz kline and mark rothko. I feel that the found strokes of algae, the variety of colors in accidental paint on a concrete floor, the richness of texture in cracks and peels all have such emotional and visually striking qualities similar to that of abstract paintings that i love, and it deserves a chance to be born into something other than dirt. transforming dirty corners into an abstract painting fascinates me because it is a second chance at beauty, and a second look at the mundane and dull. the process is also fascinating because sometimes i am taking a second look alone, but often together with passer-bys who want to know why squatting down to photograph a molded trash can is worthy of my time. also, photographing the uncelebrated corners of different cities around the world, has shown me that there is such universality to our lives, no matter where we live. the filth, transformations of textures and faded colors tell stories of time, brokenness and of perseverance of preserving through time. this series tells of a visual residue of life.
collaborating with a cellist on original music for my video art piece.
home. my mint wall.
shooting keeps me sane
photographed on feb.26th @ my place
