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Jean Chung

Jean Chung

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Profession: Photographer
Location: Seoul, Korea (South) (ICN)
Home base: Seoul, Korea
URL: http://www.jeanchung.net
Email: •••••••• (private)
Languages spoken: English, Korean
Organization: WpN, OnAsia
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Skype: •••••••• (private)
Mobile phone (while in Seoul): +82 (0) 16 500 8029
Mobile phone: +82 (0) 16 500 8029 (Seoul)
Last login: about 1 month ago
Member since: 25 May 2005 06:05

About

Jean Chung is an award-winning photographer who has gained international acclaim for her photographic documentations in Afghanistan and Africa. She was honored with the inaugural Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Association Award at the 2008 Visa pour l’Image photo festival in Perpignan, France, for her project documenting the aftermath of the rape of women in Eastern Congo. She currently works as a freelance photographer for the New York-based photo agency World Picture News.

After moving back to her native Seoul, South Korea, she has worked in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa since 2004.

Among her major awards are the Grand Prix Care International du Reportage Humanitaire at Visa pour l’Image Photo Festival in Perpignan in 2007, the first prize of Days Japan Competition in 2008, Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Award in Perpignan in 2008, and WHO Stop TB Award in 2008.

Jean Chung is represented by World Picture News: http://www.worldpicturenews.com.

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Recent Post

Nothing But the World - Frankfurt Bookfair

A compilation book of 12 photographers and 154 authors covering 2500 years of history will be exhibited during the Frankfurt Book Fair in October, 2009.
“Nothing But the World” (Nichts als die Welt) was published on Sept 7, and features the following photographers and the themes worldwide:

Philip Blenkinsop , Im Herzen der Finsternis (In the Heart of Darkness)
Larry Towell (CA), Ein Tag im September (One Day in September)
Jean Chung, Beschädigtes Leben (Tears in the Congo)
Leo Rubinfien (US), Eine Art von Normalität (Wounded Cities)
Ad van Denderen (NL), In Europa (In Europe)
U.S. Military personnel, Aberration
Akinbode Akinbiyi, Und obendrauf Dörfer (And On the Top Villages)
Ben Bohane, Sprung in die Welt (Jumping into the World)
Daniel Schwartz (CH), Nationen bauen (Building Nations)
Gautier Deblonde, Tauwetter (Thaw)
Stephan Vanfleteren (Belgium), Das Rennen (The Race)
Antonin Kratochvil, Der Crash (The Crash)

The photos were edited by Danie Schwartz, and the publisher is Galiani Berlin. The book will be exhibited in the Galiani Berlin booth during the festival, and the reading will be Thursday, Oct 15.

10 Sep 2009 06:09 | 3 replies

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