Her work explores the intersection between human relations and the inner self. Whether she is observing the mundane lives of strangers on the street; the comings and goings of her neighbors as seen through the windows of her home; the fleeting expressions of her niece; the evolving landscape of a city or seventy diaries, which she has kept over the past twenty-six years, Hye-Ryoung continues to find in different subjects a reflection of her deeper self.
Among others her works have been published in the following publications: Huffington Post; Conscientious; Photographers Quarterly; Houston Center for Photography; L’Oeil de la Photographie; iGNANT; Medium; New Direction at Detroit Center For Contemporary Photography; Lenscratch; LensCulture; Feature Shoot; Nueva Luz; Foto Visura; aCurator; Photographs Do Not Bend and Hey, Hot Shot! OSMOS; VOSTOK; Photo Dot; Monthly Photo; Photo Art; Harper’s Bazaar; ELLE; GQ; VOGUE; W; ELLE Décor; Art Now; Nobless; Heren.