{"product_id":"park-sung-jin-kid-echo","title":"Kid Echo","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePre Order\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eShipping mid September.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSession Press, 152 pages, Hardcover, 240 x 290mm, 2026, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst Edition of 1000 copies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"ul1\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePhotographed throughout the early 2000s and composed entirely of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003epreviously unpublished works, Kid Echo revisits the world of adolescence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003efirst explored in Park’s acclaimed monograph Kid Nostalgia (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThrough a refined selection of direct encounters with his subjects, the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003epublication celebrates Park’s extraordinary sensitivity toward portraiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMore than twenty years after all of these photographs were made, Park\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003erevisits the work with a deeper appreciation for its openness and emotional\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eambiguity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBorn in Seoul and educated in New York, Park studied painting at Pratt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eInstitute before returning to Korea, where he began photographing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eteenagers he encountered throughout Seoul and its outskirts. During his\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eyears in New York, Park encountered the work of photographers such as\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWalker Evans, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, and Diane Arbus, whose\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eexhibitions shaped his understanding of photography as an expressive and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003epsychological medium. He was equally influenced by French New Wave\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ecinema, particularly the films of Jean-Luc Godard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRather than constructing a fixed social portrait of youth culture, Park\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ephotographed instinctively, drawn to subtle emotional tensions visible in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eposture, expression, and gaze. In an interview with writer and curator Marc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFeustel included in the publication, Park reflects on his search for what he\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003edescribes as “the moment of emotion,” inspired in part by Henri Cartier-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBresson’s notion of the “decisive moment.” For Park, however, the goal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ewas not perfect composition or narrative clarity, but emotional presence: “I\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ewanted them to be completely relaxed so their innocence could emerge.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe emotional complexity of adolescence has long fascinated\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ephotographers around the world. Kid Echo resonates with the observational\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eintimacy of Nigel Shafran, the emotionally charged portraits of adolescence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003efound in Johan van der Keuken’s Wij zijn 17 (We Are 17), and the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eintrospective emotional atmosphere explored in Yurie Nagashima’s Empty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhite Room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kominekominekominek.shop\/products\/copy-of-kid-nostalgia-2\"\u003eLINK to Kid Nostalgia \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Park Sung Jin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57979145027848,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/0315\/4246\/files\/cover_Kid_6be94240-0e45-4e0e-8548-fc68256fda3a.jpg?v=1781091578","url":"https:\/\/www.kominekominekominek.shop\/products\/park-sung-jin-kid-echo","provider":"Kominek ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}