Decades No.2 magazine, Haneul Lee with Sharon Choi(text), AKAAKA, Japan
Through the Boomers project, She becomes intrigued by the ‘past’ stories heard from subjects. While
photographing the ‘Ajeossis’, She discovers that they primarily share stories from the past. The emotion
arises as the narratives within the photos, believed to capture the present, continually flow into the past.
She feels a sense of the stories within the photos, initially thought to record the present, persistently drifting
into the past.
Through the past, the ‘Ajeossis’ engaged in both denying the present, providing self-comfort, and transcending time gaps. In this way, she present scenes of memories as “Yesterday”.
Through the past, the ‘Ajeossis’ engaged in both denying the present, providing self-comfort, and transcending time gaps. In this way, she present scenes of memories as “Yesterday”.
From her series “Stranger”, Haneul Lee focused on the gestures and subtle postures of strangers she met.
This is a record of the “What a Wonderful World” exhibition. She changed the photos inside the exhibition
every day for 28 days and archived the process daily. The archive was compiled into a single book,
presenting the emotions she formed by meeting subjects and documenting, similar to flipping through a
calendar day by day. Through the daily changing records, she attempted to intimately show the artist’s own
experiential process.