EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, RI, United States, BFA in Photography, 2025 (anticipated) Academy of Art University, CA, United States, AA in Photography, 2010–11 (conferred 2016)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Photojournalist, News1 Korea, Seoul, South Korea, June 2020–Sept. 2022
— Photographed politics, society, economy, and sports subjects for major daily newspapers and broadcasting companies as a news agency photographer
— Awarded Photo of the Year by The Korea Press Photographers’ Association for an image depicting a prisoner pleading for his life while confined in the same room with a Covid-positive cellmate
— Photographic works featured in The New York Times and News1 Korea’s co-publishing magazine “Turning Points Global Agenda 2021”
— Photographed 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar
— Photographed 2022 South Korean presidential election
Photojournalist, Incheon Ilbo, Incheon-si, South Korea, May 2017–May 2020
— Photographed politics, society, and economy subjects
— Conducted long-term project on US military comfort women
— Interviewed and photographed Phan Thi Kim Phuc, known as the “Napalm Girl”, the iconic subject of the Vietnam War photograph “The Terror of War”
— Invited to the annual documentary photojournalism workshop called Mountain Workshops by Western Kentucky University, collaborating as a team member with the Washington Post photojournalist Jahi Chikwendiu and other photographers
Photojournalist, News Time, Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 2015–Dec. 2016
— Produced celebrity portraiture highlighting unique presence and personality
— Embarked on nationwide assignments capturing portraits of individuals with interesting life stories
Military Photographer, 7th Artillery Brigade, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Mar. 2012–Dec. 2013
— Photographed military training and the brigade commander
Intern, Bae Bien-U Studio, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Sept.–Dec. 2011
— Darkroom technician
Camera Crew, Television Series and Movie, South Korea, 2011
— Camera Crew in South Korean television series The Greatest Love / City Hunter, and the movie You’re My Pet
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Official Selection, International Photography Awards (IPA), LA, 2024
Nomination, Yale Norfolk Summer Art Residency Program, New Haven, CT, 2024
Photo of the Year, The Korea Press Photographers’ Association (KPPA) Awards, Seoul, South Korea, 2021
2nd Place: Art and Entertainment, The Korea Press Photographers’ Association (KPPA) Awards, Seoul, South Korea, 2021
3rd Place: Art and Entertainment, The Korea Press Photographers’ Association (KPPA) Awards, Seoul, South Korea, 2020
Photojournalist of the Month, News1 Journalist Awards, Seoul, South Korea, 2020
Photojournalist of the Year, Journalists Association of Korea (Incheon-Gyeonggi Branch) Award, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 2019
Best Journalist, Incheon Ilbo Journalist Award, Incheon-si, South Korea, 2019
1st Place, The Korea Press Photographers’ Association (KPPA) Monthly Awards, Seoul, South Korea, 2019– 2021 (4 wins)
2nd Place, The Korea Press Photographers’ Association (KPPA) Monthly Awards, Seoul, South Korea, 2019– 2020 (2 wins)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Major Survey Show, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI, 2024
Witness, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI, 2023
57th Korea Press Photo Exhibition, Korea Press Center, Seoul, South Korea, 2021
56th Korea Press Photo Exhibition, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, South Korea, 2020
The Korea Press Photographers’ Association (Gyeonggi Branch) Exhibition, Northern Gyeonggi Provincial Government Building; Suwon City Hall; Suwon Station; Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 2018–2019
Small Town USA: What I Saw in Rural Kentucky, U.S. Embassy in Seoul; Habib House (U.S. Ambassador’s Residence); Seoul, South Korea, 2017-2018
PUBLICATION
Turning Points Global Agenda 2021, New York Times, 2024
Small Town USA: What I Saw in Rural Kentucky, the Embassy of the United States of Korea, 2017