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.