Honorable Mention TIFA 2023 Fine Art / Other

Over The Fence

  • Photographer
    Won-Chae Jo
  • Technical Info
    Canon Eos R, F/25, 1/30, Iso 100
  • Photo Date
    2022. 6. 24

Living in Ulsan, an industrial city in Korea, the artist rushes to and from work while wading through thick smog. This is because huge factories are located beyond the fence. We lived for 40 years in silence, not knowing what countless harmful things were, believing that the state would take care of them. The artist took a special look at the walls and numerous chimneys, which are the traces of life in an industrial city. He paradoxically expressed the need for carbon neutrality through the contrast between a burnt-out chimney and an old, worn-out fence.

2021 M.A. in Photography, Hong-ik University, South Korea 2018-2020 B.F.A. in Photography, College of Arts at Kyung-Sung University, South Korea