Artis Note
No tree is without its tale. A tree doesn’t fuss about the warm spring nor does it try to avoid the cold of winter. It merely does what a tree does to prepare.
A tree ingrains in its tree rings the gratitude of a warm spring breeze and the endurance of a cold winter wind. A tree grows steadily for a long time watching in place not only the changes in nature but the joy, anger, sorrow, and jubilations of the people.
A photo often portrays objects realistically but the type of photo that I’m pursuing omits the details of the object and dissociates into abstraction.
Abstraction begins with omitting realistic details. Subtraction is another addition and omission is another creation. Omitted image creates vague boundaries and unclear appearances but takes on another form with a deeper meaning.
I am simply revealing to the world through my camera works the life, hope, and dreams ingrained deep in the tree rings of an old tree.
2020.6.
Yoon Sang Min