The Park!The Park is a series of black and white infrared ray photographs anchored to the Buddhist philosophical concept, “Form is emptiness and the very emptiness is

form.” (色即是空，空即是色) Light in infinity is formless, that is, emptiness. Form is in this emptiness. The nature of form is thus emptiness.

!Photography is a copy of reality reflected through light. The landscape of my work is a representation of reality, but is an unrealistic representation. My work is

perceived as ‘unreality’ because is not recognized through the visible rays deep rooted in our fixed notions. Although we do not perceive this with our eyes, this is

a representation of a reflection of the light that comes down from the sun to the realistic world. !Infrared light extending from the nominal red edge of the visible spectrum and ultraviolet light extending from the nominal violet edge of the visible spectrum are

invisible to the human eye but ever present. !The landscapes of my works are both the ‘discriminative’ scenes of landscaped parks and the ‘indiscriminate’ scenes cultured by nature itself. My work displays

similar scenes of parks with the strength of the rays invisible to human eyes. Everyday realistic scenes look unfamiliar as other worldly landscapes, but we cannot

realize that the landscapes are another reality hidden under the realistic scenes. !Philosophically, seeing refers to recognizing. Our capability of seeing, feeling sensuously, and expressing is God’s blessing. However, our senses tend to believe

that the invisible is nonexistent due to our obsession over visible things. We depend only on the visible without realizing the true nature of things. After all, we come

to believe that only a visible phenomenon is the truth.!If we can see objects with the eye to grasp the world’s diversity, not simply relying on our impulsive temporary senses, and with the eye of the mind as Little Prince

does, we can embrace objects as the things of coexistence, not possession, and not as landscapes where realistic light collides with unrealistic light.!EJ LEE

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EJ LEE / www.ejvisual.com _ ejvisual@nate.com _ www.facebook.com/ejvisual _ 82+10+5290+2991!!!Education!!2007 Master of Photo Design, Collega of Industrial Arts, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea!

2002 Bachelor of Photo Design, College of Fine Arts, Kei-Myung University, Daegu, Korea !!Solo Exhibition!!2013 The Tree - Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea!

2013 The Park - Recipient of New Artist Contest - Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea!

2011 Light Sense - Recipient of The 11th. KCAF Contest - Hangaram Art Gallery in Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea!

2010 The Mu:l - Recipient of Young Artist Contest - Gallery K, Seoul, Korea!

2007 One and The Same - Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea!

2003 Form, and another Form - Hanwon Museum, Seoul, Korea !!Group Exhibition!!2013  Young Artists - Recipient of The Arts Contest - Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea !

2012  Daily Life Abstract, Seoul - Recipient of The Arts Contest - Unofficial Preview Gallery, Seoul, Korea !

2012 The City - Recipient of The Arts Contest - Gallery Aile, Seoul, Korea !

2012 Blue Star - Recipient of The Arts Contest - Gallery Gleeman, Seoul, Korea !

2011 YMCA+YWCA - Recipient of The Arts Contest - Gallery imazoo, Seoul, Korea !

2005 Post Photo - Museum of Contemporary Art in Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea !

2003 Post Photo - Museum of Contemporary Art in Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea!

2002 A Still Life Opuscule - Goto Gallery, Daegu, Korea