Photo Life 50 Years (사진 인생 50 년사)

Jang, Won-Sik (앙산 장원식). Photo Life 50 Years (사진 인생 50 년사). NP: Songseok, 2009. First edition. Quarto. 393pp. (3). White photo-illustrated dust jacket, with black lettering on front cover and spine. Cream colored buckram boards with black lettering on front cover and spine. The book celebrates the 50 years that Jang Won-Sik worked in photography, and features breathtaking work in mostly landscape a nature photography. The work showcases the Korean landscape, ranging from huge epic mountain vistas to intimate portraits of flower petals. The book is organized according to the seasons Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, and Humans, Birds, Flowers. Mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, seashores, rocks, waterfalls, leaves, sunsets, wildlife, and farmers in the rice fields are featured. The last section features some of the photographers work abroad including China and the United States. Text in in Korean, with introduction and section headings in English. Dust jacket with some light scratches and creasing, as well as some minor bumping and closed tears to tail of spine and some corners. Binding with head and tail of spine bumped. Interior with minor creases to a few pages. Dust jacket and binding in overall very good+, interior in near fine condition. vg+ to near fine. Hardcover. (40806) $95