Korea's Beautiful Old Women
This is a report from CSIS : According to the latest government projections, 38 percent of Korea’s population will be elderly by 2050, putting it in contention with Japan, Italy, and Spain for the oldest country on earth. The photos below are from the on-going exhibit of Kim Tae Sung called "Missing Mother" , at the Jang So Mugaksa, Buddhist Temple located at the 518 Memorial Park in Gwangju. It will run until May 19, 2008. The exhibit is part of the celebration of Buddha's Birthday . I have seen the photos last year in May at the Old Provincial Hall of downtown Gwangju. I took these photos because I like the surrealist effect of black and white with the carnation attached to their portrait. Surrealism - well perhaps most of them were born during its heyday. And last year these photos were exhibited in a dilapidated rooms of the Old Provincial Hall (soon to be renovated as part of the culture complex) a surrealist juxtaposition of aging with the age old building, gi...