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Kim Hwan, Nam Jong-hyun, Facing, Without Facing

Korean original:

김환, 남종현 <마주하는, 마주하지 않는 Facing, Without Facing>

A two-person show by Kim Hwan and Nam Jong-hyun at 16Akaiv, 6–29 November. Both photograph lotus. Nam Jong-hyun waits for the short season when snow falls and the river freezes to photograph winter lotus, setting the white space left by snow against hanji (Korean paper). Kim waits in hazy light for an image to form, without fixing an interpretation first. The show is about how each uses waiting to set a distance from the subject.

Image: 16 Archive
Dates
Nov 6 – Nov 29, 2026
Venue
16 Archive (16아카이브) · Jung
Address
서울특별시 중구 퇴계로45길 31-15 2층 16아카이브Open in Naver MapOpen in Google Maps
Admission
FreeOriginal: 무료

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Credits

Artists
Hwan Kim, Jonghyun Nam

Knowledge cards

Photography사진Recording an image by focusing light through a lens onto film or a sensor over a timed exposure.Read more

01About

A photograph taken on film is first developed into a negative, which is then exposed onto photographic paper in a darkroom, usually enlarged, to make a positive print; a digital camera turns the light into a file instead. The exposure time decides how time appears in a photograph: a fast shutter freezes motion, while in a long exposure still buildings stay sharp, car lights draw streaks, and passers-by who are there only briefly disappear. Long exposures are easiest in low light. Rut Blees Luxemburg, born in Germany and based in London, photographs the city at night with long exposures, using only the light from street lamps and office blocks. Prints made by inkjet with pigment inks, often labelled pigment print or giclée, resist fading better than those made with dye inks.

02In the gallery

Find the things in the picture that move: water, clouds, car lights, people. Are they sharp, blurred, or gone?

Wall label terms in Korean

노출
Exposure
장노출
Long exposure
네거티브
Negative
피그먼트 프린트
Pigment print

03Notes

Exposure decides the time inside a photograph: a fast shutter freezes motion, a slow one leaves trails.

This time, at Kim Hwan, Nam Jong-hyun, Facing, Without Facing —

Judging by what moves, did the photograph catch an instant, or a stretch of time?

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