Commercial Portrait Photographer Korea

Overview

“AS DAYS GO BY” IS A PICTURE DIARY PROJECT, WHICH I TOOK AS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR A YEAR FROM EARLY DECEMBER 2007 UNTIL EARLY DECEMBER 2008. BY TAKING A DAILY PICTURE FOR THIS PROJECT, I INTEND TO ILLUSTRATE MY EVERY DAY LIFE IN SEOUL AND OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH KOREA. ALTHOUGH DIFFERENT TO OTHER PROJECTS I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, IT IS MERELY MEANT TO BE NON-CONCEPTUAL. THEREFORE, EVERYDAY I TRY TO LOOK FOR NEW THINGS, WHICH CATCH MY EYE. CONSEQUENTLY THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS IN OBJECTS, LIGHTING, COLOURS AND FRAMING. BASICALLY THE DIARY IS A VERY PERSONAL VIEW ON MY SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND BY THE SAME TIME A PLATFORM, WHICH ALLOWS ME EXPERIMENT.  THE ONLY LIMITATION I CAME UP WITH IS THE DIARY’S FORMAT. ALL THE PICTURES ARE SHOOT AS PANORAMIC WIDESCREENS. IT IS A DELIBERATE CHOICE, AS I ENCOUNTER MY SURROUNDING OFTEN AS A FILMIC IMAGE DUE TO MY PASSION FOR FILM. ALSO I THINK OF CINEMATOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BEING VERY MUCH ENTWINED. THEREFORE I LOOK AT THE IMAGES OF MY PHOTO DIARY MUCH MORE AS FILM STILLS, RATHER THAN THEM BEING SOLITARY PHOTOGRAPHS.

PHOTOGRAPHER

NILS CLAUSS

CLIENT

PERSONAL

PHOTOS

Nighttime view of Kyobo building facade in Jongro district, Seoul, South Korea

Silhouette of plant shadow against a concrete staircase wall

A square-patterned ceiling structure illuminated by varying intensities of light in a subway station in Seoul, South Korea

Nighttime view of high-rise apartments in Seoul, South Korea

Street intersection leading to tunnel at night, blending yellow tunnel light with blue night ambiance

Needle trees illuminated by street light at night

Office curtain panels illuminated by backlight, displaying varying blue gradients

A solitary child framed by vibrant and structured staircases at the sports ground of Hongdae University in Seoul, South Korea.

A portrait of a woman holding her small dog in the open hallway of a Seoul apartment building in South Korea

Fish swimming in a tank with visible oxygen bubbles

Portrait of a Korean market street vendor embracing the warmth of an electric heater on a winter night

Massive facade of a concrete high-rise building in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea

Structural pattern driven apartment building facade in Seoul, South Korea

A portrait of a Haenyeo diver woman resting on her motorcycle on Jeju Island, South Korea

A man dressed in a black suit takes a cigarette break on the helicopter landing platform atop a high-rise building, overlooking the architecture of Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea

A textured pattern of fresh snow covering the top of Taebaek Mountain in South Korea

A woman walking down a staircase into a demolished neighborhood of an urban reconstruction apartment project in Seoul, South Korea

Portrait of two young Korean women illuminated by yellow tunnel light at tunnel entrance

Busy street scene in Insadong, Seoul, South Korea. A man and woman are illuminated by late afternoon sunlight as they walk the streets

A sound operator on location of a film set for a documentary short film project in Seoul, South Korea, in between takes

Cherry blossom leaves illuminated by a street lantern at night against the black backdrop of the sky in Seoul, South Korea

A patch of round-shaped bushes illuminated by the light of a street lantern at night within the city of Seoul, South Korea. The bushes resemble a hilly landscape

Urban mural depicting rocky Korean mountain landscape, with an older Korean man in parking instructor uniform

The interiors of a massive apartment complex in Seoul, South Korea, illuminate at night, creating an abstract pattern of square-shaped boxes