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I Photographed The Secretive Capital Of North Korea
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I Photographed The Secretive Capital Of North Korea

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My name is Hélène Veilleux and I’m a Lyon (France) based photographer. My creative work could be defined as the fine line between reality and impossibilities.

I would like to invite you to cross the 38th parrallel North and visit Pyongyang, the secretive capital of North Korea (DPRK).

I am a tourist with my forehead pressed against the bus window, eyes wide open to capture every inch of the city. Clinging to my camera, accumulating postcards’ images I hope to finally confront the reality of this city nestled beyond the 38th parallel north with the sum of the images, rumors and fantasies laying inside me. But I’m a tourist, and the bus is back on track…

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    Hélène Veilleux – French photographer based in Lyon. Baikonur , Chernobyl, Transnistria … The pictures of Hélène Veilleux are part of an attempt of questioning the real , exploring the concept of « Zone » : these spaces , whether real or fictional , where what we take for granted is a little less … where certainties crumble , giving way to something certainly … Other.

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    Helene Veilleux

    Helene Veilleux

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    Hélène Veilleux – French photographer based in Lyon. Baikonur , Chernobyl, Transnistria … The pictures of Hélène Veilleux are part of an attempt of questioning the real , exploring the concept of « Zone » : these spaces , whether real or fictional , where what we take for granted is a little less … where certainties crumble , giving way to something certainly … Other.

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