Unphotographical Moment

Unphotographical Moment presents photographs of ordinary moments, centering on the themes of family and everyday life. At the same time, the images reflect on the social history, structure and paradox revealed through the lives of individuals. This exhibition includes images not from those special moments that we memorialize, but from the everyday moments in life. As smartphones replace cameras, and as the prices of cameras fall while its technology advances, photographs are no longer just a popular commodity, but now a universal one. Accordingly, the unique, emotional value of photographs has also declined. The emergence of digital photography, and the dematerialization of the medium as a result, make it increasingly more difficult to define its significance today. This exhibition, therefore, hopes to examine those moments where photography matters again. The moments when photography makes a difference is no different from what they are. At times, however, we realize the value of those moments through photographs, only after they have passed by. This exhibition hopes to demonstrate how photography can still make a difference in ways which we have failed to realize those moments.

JEON SEEYOUNG, quarter 151-174, 2015-2017, Digital inkjet print, Dimension variable, Courtesy of the artist

MASAFUMI SANAI, Living, 1995 (printed in 2020), C-print, 105.5×129cm ⓒ Masafumi Sanai

KO, JUNGNAM, Summer Vacation_Travelling through the Landscape, 2003, Archival pigment print, 19×15 inches, Courtesy of the artist

STONE KIM, On the Way to Get Tofu, 2015, Digital pigment print, 60×90cm, Commissioned by Seongbuk Culture Foundation, Courtesy of the artist

WALID RAAD / THE ATLAS GROUP, Untitled (1982-2007), 2008, Inkjet print, 17×22inches, Courtesy the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

YEOZI HWANG, Season, 2016, Digital C-print, 60×60cm, Courtesy of the artist

HYEKYUNG HAM, My First Love, 2017, Single channel video, sound, color, 11min 30sec, Courtesy of the artist

SEO, MINGYU, Hometwon, 1998-1999, C-print, 15.7×15.4cm, Courtesy of the artist

ANNA FOX, My Mother’s Cupboards and My Father’s Words, 1999, Inkjet print, 23×31.5cm ⓒ Anna Fox, Courtesy James Hyman Gallery, London

SOPHIE CALLE, Motherhood, 2020, Digital photograph, text, wooden frames, 50×50cm, 76×50cm, Courtesy of the artist; Perrotin

SIMON FUJIWARA, Joanne, 2016, Video and light box installation, Dimention variable, 12min 6sec(video), Collection of Ishikawa Foundation, Courtesy of the artist and TARO NASU, Tokyo, Commissioned by FVU, The Photographers’ Gallery and Ishikawa Foundation. Supported by Arts Council England. Installation view at Tenjinyama Cultural Plaza, Okayama Art Summit 2016, 2016. Photo: Yasushi Ichikawa

CATHERINE OPIE, Rainbow Falls, 2015, Pigment print, 114.3×76.2cm ⓒ Catherine Opie. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul