When I was a little boy, I used to like hiding in a quiet and isolated area. It could be under a desk, in the corner of a balcony, or inside a closet. Whenever I inhabited certain private spaces, it gave me a feeling of security. I believe that feeling is derived from a homing instinct which causes animals to go back to their primal territory.
I believe human beings have an inherent longing for a place like a womb in that it once provided us with a comfortable, quiet, and safe place as well as nutrition before we were born. For this series titled "Places to Hide," I intended to project this human desire for an enclosed area by placing naked bodies in those tiny spots, suggesting the idea of human animals hiding inside the womb in urban cities.
— Won Kim
An exhibition in Paris, and a new book, including some pithy quotes from the original bad boy of photography himself, and John Szarkowski.
A series of fanciful dream-like images, all created as reflections on the surface of a swimming pond in rural France.
Slovakian documentary photographer explores
the oddly entwined relationships between masters and servants in wealthy
middle-class Brazil.
Conducting online keyword searches for famous monuments, Swiss/French artist culled thousands of tourists’ snapshots, and weaved together small sections of the appropriated images to create layered, ethereal structures.