HIDDEN LIVES

Ross details photojournalist Nick Danziger's journey in the secretive nation of North Korea. In Danziger's pictures the martial drums are muffled, the doomsday clock wound back. He gives them, instead, ordinary life; ordinary, at least, in the North Korean sense. A couple celebrate their w...

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Published inRPS journal Vol. 158; no. 1; p. 31
Main Author Ross, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bath The Royal Photographic Society 01.01.2018
Subjects
21st century
Danziger, Nick
Photography
Photojournalism
Quality of life
Social life & customs
North Korea
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Summary:Ross details photojournalist Nick Danziger's journey in the secretive nation of North Korea. In Danziger's pictures the martial drums are muffled, the doomsday clock wound back. He gives them, instead, ordinary life; ordinary, at least, in the North Korean sense. A couple celebrate their wedding by bowing to giant statues of the country's founder Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il. Commuters wait for a train in one of the underground stations built deep enough to function as bomb shelters in the event of nuclear attack. He is not afraid to take a banal picture if banality is the truth. Western picture editors and the DPRK authorities are united in their desire for images of epic patriotic displays such as the Mass Games in Pyongyang's May Day Stadium.
ISSN:1468-8670