[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

Published on 2015/12/26

Get your academic brain in gear as Crystal explores colour in K-pop; see how one blogging couple captured their trip of a lifetime; a photographer shares his story about shooting in North Korea, and see how the world got ready for Christmas this year.

"Colors and Consequences: Branding and Fandom in K-pop"

Crystal S. Anderson explores the value of branding and colour in K-pop groups and its relationship to fans: "Fan color sparks strong passions from artists and fans alike because both play a role in the creation of a group's culture".

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"Travel itinerary"

This is a personal photoblog that showcases one travelling couples good times in North Korea, Seoul, Seoraksan, Jeju and Busan: "The mix of traditional and modern is surprisingly harmonious, as it reflects the true Korean spirit. Beside a temple, there will be a high-tech gaming centre, and on the corner there is a shop where you can get your designer dog in combination with a seafood dinner based on a 300-year-old recipe".

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"Photographer gives rare glimpses of secretive North Korea to outsiders"

Getting in and out of North Korea is not as simple as visiting your local travel agent, and even when you do make it in, there are heavy restrictions on what you can and can't photograph as the world's most secretive state controls its image very closely. In this post, find out what one photographer's experiences were up north as he tries to reveal to the rest of the world what's going on over the border: "I'm helping them to understand how the world perceives them. At the same time, I learn how they perceive the world and I help them to realign these perceptions and push the boundaries to what can be photographed".

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"The world gets ready for Christmas in spectacular, unusual and heartfelt ways"

Christmas is big business the world over, but besides the obvious commercial activity of buy, buy, buy, people in different countries and cultures approach the season in remarkably different ways. This photo gallery playful shares various images from around the world on how different cultures showed their spirit this year.

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