Korea

Korea

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Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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"In this lavishly illustrated book, historian Bruce Cumings introduces South Korea's rich history and establishes a context for 240 remarkable images by Magnum photographers that present Korea as it is today. Korea is a country of wonderful contrasts, at once a showplace of the modern and a land of beautiful mountains, coastlines, and ancient buildings. A major global industrial power, Korea is an economic powerhouse, moving confidently in such markets as food production, clothing, automobiles, and especially in science and technology. It is home to a vibrant, hard working people whose dynamic culture reflects its wealth of history and contemporary influences." "Here some of the world's greatest photographers capture both the beautiful and the commonplace, offering a close look at a country that is little known to many. This book is the next best thing to a personal visit, and a welcome visual return for those living abroad."--BOOK JACKET.


Korea Style

Korea Style

Author: Marcia Iwatate

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1462906656

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With over 500 stunning photographs, this design book reveals the relatively unknown, unique aesthetics of Korea. Korea Style reveals the central elements of Korean design: simplicity, moderation, constraint, and a deep respect for all things natural. Despite the filtering of Japanese and Western design ideas into Korea over the millennia, the peninsula has maintained its own identity and is gaining recognition for its own particular "style." Spatial, spiritual and material qualities are reflected in the pure beauty of its architectural design, while classic objects that immediately distinguish themselves as being uniquely Korean are used with distinctive flair in interior design and decoration. Korea Style is the first book devoted to the country's architecture and interior design--featuring twenty-two exceptional homes, studios, and public and heritage buildings. They range from vernacular to cutting-edge creations and are a celebration of Korea's culture, natural landscape, arts and crafts, and architectural history juxtaposed with a drive towards invention, experimentation and individuality.


Inside North Korea

Inside North Korea

Author: Mark Edward Harris

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2012-03-02

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1452113637

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All but closed to outside visitors and influence, its public posture guarded and combative, we see almost nothing from inside North Korea. Award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris has had rare access to this reclusive country, traveling within its borders as well as documenting life along its northern border with China and the highly militarized DMZ dividing North and South Korea. His images are amazing: the monumental architecture and empty streets of the capital; tightly controlled zones of economic and tourist trade with South Korea; mass games featuring 100,000 choreographed participants. Short essays, extended captions, and a foreword by North Korea expert Bruce Cumings further illuminate a country increasingly at the center of international politics.


The Koreans in Hawai'i

The Koreans in Hawai'i

Author: Roberta Chang

Publisher: Latitude 20

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 256

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"The photographs, in illuminating and complementing writings and oral histories found elsewhere, provide insight into Hawai'i's Korean immigrant community, politics, and everyday life. They reveal the struggles and successes of the first and subsequent generations, allowing the viewers to connect with the past.


North Korea: Like Nowhere Else

North Korea: Like Nowhere Else

Author: Lindsey Miller

Publisher: September Publishing

Published: 2021-05-06

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1912836521

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The first photographic exploration of North Korea, from a Westerner who lived in Pyongyang and explored the country beyond for nearly two years. What happens when you travel to a place where even basic truths are ambiguous? Where sometimes you can't trust your own eyes or feelings? Where the divide between real and imagined is never clear? For two years, Lindsey Miller lived in North Korea, long regarded as one of the most closed societies on earth. As one of Pyongyang's small community of resident foreigners, Lindsey was granted remarkable freedoms to experience the country without government minders. She had a front row seat as North Korea shot into the headlines during an unprecedented period of military tension with the US and the subsequent historic Singapore Summit. However, it was the connection with individuals and their families, and the day-to-day reality of control and repression, that delivered the real revelations of North Korean life, and which left Lindsey utterly changed from the woman who had nervously disembarked from her plane onto an empty runway just two years before. This is her extraordinary photographic account, a testament to the hidden humanity of North Korea. 'There was much of the North Koreans and their way of life that I liked and admired, and Lindsey Miller's book brought back those positive feelings. And if we don't acknowledge those we will never begin to understand the country.' Michael Palin Please note this is a fixed-format ebook with colour images and may not be well-suited for older e-readers.