Choi Min-Shik

This is a collection of photos from Choi Min-shik’s most famous work, Human. His photos capture the distressing lives of Koreans, experiencing the Korean War and the Democratization Movement, from 1957 through 1980s. His photos, however, not only depict their tragic lives, but they also speak of human strength and inner peacefulness. Choi Min-shik (1928- ), inspired by Edward Steichen’s photo collection, The Family of Man, started to take photos of people in 1957. He held a number of photo exhibitions in both domestic and foreign galleries. His major works include Human (vols. 1-11). Cho Se-hui (1942- ), a graduate of the Seorabeol School of Art and Kyung Hee University, is a writer. His first work was published in The Kyunghyang Shinmun in 1965. Some of his notable works include The Small Ball Launched by a Dwarf and Time Travels. He also published Roots of Silence, a photo essay.