“Photography, for me, is writing and tracing my thoughts with light. In the end, a life of photographer is nothing but a wandering of pursuing ‘raison d’être’.”
Woong-Jae Shin
South Korean, b. 1977
Currently living in New York
Work Experience
Assistant photographer to Kim Jung-Man for Studio Velvet Underground, Seoul, S.Korea
Education
2011-Current Documentary and Photojournalism, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
2001 Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics, Korea University, Seoul, S.Korea
Workshops
2011 ‘Jeju Magnum Workshop’ by David Alan Harvey and Susan Meiselas, Jeju, S.Korea
2011 ‘Rwanda Workshop’ by Gary Knight and Marcus Bleasdale, Kigali, Rwanda
2011 ‘New York: Twelve Visions’ by Alex Webb, New York, USA
2011 ‘Lighting the Blues’ by David Alan Harvey, Clarksdale, USA
2011 ‘Magnum Workshop Derby’ by Chris Steel-Perkins, Derby, UK
2011 ‘Rajasthan Road Trip Workshop’ by Gary Knight and Philip Blenkinsop, Rajasthan, India
2011 ‘One Day Lighting Seminar’ by David Alan Harvey, New York, USA
2011 ‘Hong Kong: Two-Day Master Class’ by Alex Webb, Hong Kong, China
2010 ‘Reality Leader’s Club Master Class’ by Nam-Hoon Sung, Seoul, S.Korea
2010 ‘Reality Leader’s Club Workshop’ by Hong-Hee Kim, Nam-Hoon Sung and Ki-Myung Lee, Seoul, S.Korea
2009 ‘Reality Leader’s Club Workshop’ by Jae-Gab Lee, Seoul, S.Korea
2009 ‘Summer Workshop in Association with Magnum Photos’ by Abbas, Seoul, S.Korea
Group Exhibition
2012 Occupy Wall Street, as Captured by Photojournalists, South Street Seaport Museum by Museum of the City of New York, New York, USA
Favorite quote:
‘To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life’
Henri Cartier-Bresson
