sansookyung (SE)
Min Byung-Hun

“A determination of intent comes from knowing where to rest.
From determination comes tranquility.
From tranquility comes ease.
From ease comes deliberation.
From deliberation comes attainment.” _ The Great Learning

Sansookyung (山水景) means “a landscape of mountains and water touched by light.” These images find beauty in the ordinary. Min transforms ordinary subjects into poetic black-and-white prints, captivating viewers with a magical allure. Rarely do we see a Korean photographer who, through a Western medium, reveals a path to the Eastern jingyeong—a true-view landscape. The deep gray tones between light and shadow evoke traditional East Asian ink paintings, resembling a visual poem. Following the flow of light as it interacts with white space, this photobook is a hand-bound edition, limited to 500 copies. The special edition, limited to 30 copies, includes a gelatine silver print by the artist in the darkroom, housed in a wooden slipcase.

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Special Edition, 30 copies
2025
30.5 × 40.5 cm
80 pages
Hardcover / Tritone UV printing / Hand binding / Wooden slipcase
ISBN 978-89-97605-67-5

* Includes one of the two gelatin silver prints.
* signed and numbered.
- tree(left): 나무tree, tr093-1, 2007, 2025 print, gelatin silver print, 12×20cm
- snowland(right): 설원snowland, sl221-1, 2010, 2025 print, gelatin silver print, 12×20cm

* Printing by Munsung Printing
* Hand Binding by Datz Books
* Wooden case Production by KANGSEONG. plainplan.kr

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