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In 2021, I moved to Seoul’s Bogwang-dong neighborhood for a three-month internship, which extended into a two-year stay.

Bogwang-dong bears the traces of a diverse ethnic, religious, and subcultural community—an unorthodox ecosystem within the homogeneity of the Korean capital.

It did not take long to notice the imminent plans for its demolition to make way for Hyundai's redevelopment project. The allure of economic gain superseded the concern of displacing over 8,000 households and erasing the area’s distinct urban and social fabric.

While fraught with the undercurrents of looming change, images of its community radiate an unyielding warmth. As both testimony and introspection, my project "What Can't See" urges a consideration of our cities’ all-too-common subjection to lucrative development projects that deplete the organic integrity and heritage of its landscapes.

For whom are we building our cities, and at what cost to the communities that call them home?

Features:                     Booooooom, Safelight paper

Solo Exhibitions:      What Can’t See, Domansa. Seoul, South-Korea. (2024)

Group Exhibitions:   Corporeality, (Paris Photo, Nov 7-10) Bastille Design Center, Paris. (2024)
                                     2023 Hannam Art Archiving project, aHsh Gallery, Seoul (2023)
                                    Photo Vogue Festival, Milan. (2022)
                                    Graduation Exhibition, Royal Acadamy of Arts. The Hague. (2022)