Love of Yeosu

• Photographer
  Namho Kim

Love of Yeosu is a short story written by Korean Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang in her early twenties. It tells the story of Jeong-seon and Ja-heun, two individuals who left the city of Yeosu and settled elsewhere. Both carry painful memories from their childhood in Yeosu—Jeong-seon was scarred by her father’s abuse, while Ja-heun was abandoned by her parents. One day, Ja-heun, who had been living with Jeong-seon as her roommate, suddenly leaves for Yeosu. Jeong-seon boards a train to Yeosu in search of her. Everyone lives with their own scars. And everyone has their own personal “Yeosu.”

I studied philosophy and art at the University of Bremen and received my PhD in philosophy from the University of Bonn. I have been writing on philosophical issues surrounding artificial intelligence.I am also active as a photographer, having held five solo exhibitions and published two photobooks. I have received thirteen awards and honors in international photography competitions. My work is driven by a deep interest in expressing the worlds and conceptions of humanity that emerge from my imagination through the language of photography.