Dae Soo Kim
ARTIST BIO & STATEMENT
Dae Soo Kim lives and works in Paris and Seoul. He has worked with one of the oldest photographic techniques using an analog camera for over 40 years. His works have focused on the deep and sacred relationship between man and nature through the sensitivities and uniqueness of bamboo forests since 1998.
Bamboo stalks are photographed up close, and like x-rays are lit up to reveal stark contrasts and completely deep darkness. The Bamboos as a result are depicted as an impenetrable forest. His subsequent ‘Bamboo Forest Series’ captures the spirit of accountability, perseverance, and harmony in life.
Dae Soo Kim explores the anthropological significance of bamboo and its role in Far Eastern culture, where it is seen as a subject in dialogue with humanity rather than a mere object. To appreciate Kim’s work, one must view it through a Far Eastern lens, as E. Said emphasized in Orientalism: The East Created by the West, cautioning against judging Eastern cultures by Western standards. In this context, bamboo holds an ethical dimension central to Far Eastern traditions.
Dae Soo Kim's father was a first-generation advertising photographer, Kim Han-yong, who first introduced the color development system in Korea by running an advertising photography studio in Chungmuro. Kim Dae-soo came into contact with photography while helping his father's darkroom work as a child. After graduating from the Department of Applied Art at Hongik University, he studied photography at Parsons School of Design and Fret University in the United States.
Dae Soo Kim lives and works in Paris and Seoul. He has worked with one of the oldest photographic techniques using an analog camera for over 40 years. His works have focused on the deep and sacred relationship between man and nature through the sensitivities and uniqueness of bamboo forests since 1998.
Bamboo stalks are photographed up close, and like x-rays are lit up to reveal stark contrasts and completely deep darkness. The Bamboos as a result are depicted as an impenetrable forest. His subsequent ‘Bamboo Forest Series’ captures the spirit of accountability, perseverance, and harmony in life. Dae Soo Kim explores the anthropological significance of bamboo and its role in Far Eastern culture, where it is seen as a subject in dialogue with humanity rather than a mere object. To appreciate Kim’s work, one must view it through a Far Eastern lens, as E. Said emphasized in Orientalism: The East Created by the West, cautioning against judging Eastern cultures by Western standards. In this context, bamboo holds an ethical dimension central to Far Eastern traditions.
Dae Soo Kim's father was a first-generation advertising photographer, Kim Han-yong, who first introduced the color development system in Korea by running an advertising photography studio in Chungmuro. Kim Dae-soo came into contact with photography while helping his father's darkroom work as a child. After graduating from the Department of Applied Art at Hongik University, he studied photography at Parsons School of Design and Fret University in the United States.
Bamboo stalks are photographed up close, and like x-rays are lit up to reveal stark contrasts and completely deep darkness. The Bamboos as a result are depicted as an impenetrable forest. His subsequent ‘Bamboo Forest Series’ captures the spirit of accountability, perseverance, and harmony in life. Dae Soo Kim explores the anthropological significance of bamboo and its role in Far Eastern culture, where it is seen as a subject in dialogue with humanity rather than a mere object. To appreciate Kim’s work, one must view it through a Far Eastern lens, as E. Said emphasized in Orientalism: The East Created by the West, cautioning against judging Eastern cultures by Western standards. In this context, bamboo holds an ethical dimension central to Far Eastern traditions.
Dae Soo Kim's father was a first-generation advertising photographer, Kim Han-yong, who first introduced the color development system in Korea by running an advertising photography studio in Chungmuro. Kim Dae-soo came into contact with photography while helping his father's darkroom work as a child. After graduating from the Department of Applied Art at Hongik University, he studied photography at Parsons School of Design and Fret University in the United States.
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