An immense spectacle: the reflection of an entire country revealed by the ruling dictatorship to tourists. North Korea continually and systematically offers the same imagery... Anyone wishing to record the real life objectively, film or photograph in North Korea, will be sorely disappointed.
Tourists, such as journalists, are told to take images from a particular spot, or a specific angle, and above all, according to a set-up that is written and played out by "actors." They built a hermit kingdom of dreams for millions of real people in a half-century. Leaders of the communist party have written many incredible idiotic quotes about their revered people and declared North Korean society as the best in the world. But between this philosophy and reality, there is a considerable gap. My work was providing evidence of the difference between real life in North Korea and the imagination of the leaders.
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Take a good look at those expressionless faces. Sincerely, I feel a terrible pain, when I see so many beautiful girls like these, that does not they have even has the pleasure of smiling.
They have to worship their leader like a god and can't even have their own religion.
Children are ever children. No matter the place where they are living.
This pic has a unique beauty to it. I wonder what she was thinking or if she even knew you were taking a pic.
No matter the place. There's always someone watching over me. Night and day.
There is always a megaphone on duty. The choreography of life has to continue.
Typically, the North Korean citizen's biotype is thin and short, due to poor diet. In South Korea, the citizen's biotype is well healthier.
All visitors who take a tour of Pyongyang sights are accompanied by a guide. Nobody can leave the pre-established scheme, and neither photograph the city without the permission of this guide.
You have a great eye for color and composition. Thank you for sharing.
I thought North Korea didn't allow almost any photographs of the people or country from tourists..
You have a great eye for color and composition. Thank you for sharing.
I thought North Korea didn't allow almost any photographs of the people or country from tourists..