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Black and white film photograph of a person swimming underwater, captured from above with rippling water and light refraction creating abstract patterns across the frame.

end book by Bang Sanghyeok

End Book, Photography by Bang Sanghyeok

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Bang Sanghyeok
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September 16, 2026

Traits

Palette & Light

MonochromeBlack & White

Colour removed to a single tonal channel, forcing contrast, texture, and tone to carry the whole image.

Layout

HardCropAggressive Crop

Subjects severed at the frame edge — faces, objects, and letterforms cut hard rather than contained, using the crop itself as a compositional act.

Medium

PhotoWorkPhotograph

A photograph presented as an image in its own right — camera-made and shown for itself, rather than as the raw material of a poster, spread, or cover.

Subject

FigureWorkHuman Figure

The body as primary subject — portraiture, fashion figure, and the crowd.

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