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Night Before Enrollment
"Soldier"
#5, 2017 Over the years, I have been working on photographs of soldiers - stories about young Korean men (2002-A Private, 2004 Reserve, 2009 - Soldier ID Photo, 2011-12mm). The fifth new series to be released this year consists of nude shots of young people who have shaved their heads ahead of their enlistment day.
On the night before his enlistment day, the young man who has cut his long hair to only 12mm long faces the lens while naked in the studio. This unfiltered image reveals a complexity of emotions derived from his personal life, his background, and his anxiety that he feels about the future. When the image finally came out, I discovered a reflection of a young boy, not a strong soldier. In the army, soldiers are supplies without personalities.
However, they are individuals who have twenty years of personal history and are worthy of respect. We should no longer lock them inside the frame of a soldier in a military uniform.
Should we recognize and treat them as human beings regardless of how they look on the outside? They are soldiers fulfilling their military duty. But they are also citizens who must be equally protected by the country. By expressing these young people`s nudity in my photos,
I wanted to look at them as who they were, ordinary young Korean men, and not just as stereotypical soldiers wearing military uniforms and hats.



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