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Location: Seoul

Nationality: South Korea

Biography: South Korean documentary photographer based in Chicago and Seoul.

U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawl...S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.

U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley's campaign bus drives by spectators at the University of Missouri homecoming parade downtown Columbia, Mo. on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Hawley's bus displayed the face of his opponent U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.

Neil Sauter massages his legs ...e business for past ten years.

Neil Sauter massages his legs while resting on his car after working all day at Muskegon Bike Time, a motorcycle festival in Muskegon, Mich. on July 12, 2017. Sauter said he has been in the business for past ten years.

I just want to be seen like ev...ke every other girl."

I just want to be seen like every other girl, 2018.

Left: Miss Washtenaw County Heather Kendrick is crowned by Miss Michigan 2016 Arianna Quan during the finale of the Miss Michigan Scholarship Pageant on June 17, 2017 at Frauenthal Center in downtown Muskegon, Mich.

Right: Rose Kemp tears up after she was confronted by a self-proclaimed Christian protester Joseph Marlando about her gender identity during Mile High 420 Festival at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colo. on April 20, 2018. Kemp, a high school senior who identifies as transgender, said it is still just as challenging as the day she came out two years ago. "It just hurts in a lot of ways. I find it stupid because I know I shouldn’t let random people on the street get to me like that, but it’s kind of hard," Kemp said. "I’ve already spent my entire life fighting tooth and nail to find who I am and prove to everybody just to be treated like everybody else. I’m not asking for special treatment. I just want to be seen like every other girl."

Street lamps light a snow-cover...Columbia, Mo. on Nov. 12, 2018.

Street lamps light a snow-covered evening in Columbia, Mo. on Nov. 12, 2018.

1,414 participate in the Guinn...g sand angels on June 6, 2015.

1,414 participate in the Guinness World Record attempt for simultaneously making sand angels at Stearns Park Beach on June 10, 2017 in Ludington, Mich. Ludington officially broke the record with 1,387 people, 27 people were disqualified for various reasons. The previous record was held by Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom, with 352 people simultaneously making sand angels on June 6, 2015.

Greenville High School&#39...egon, Mich. on April 14, 2017.

Greenville High School's Nate Kubec competes in the long jump during 17th Annual Rocket Invite at Reeths-Puffer Rocket Stadium in Muskegon, Mich. on April 14, 2017.

Muskegon Clippers Peter Zimmer...Loggers defeated Clippers 6-2.

Muskegon Clippers Peter Zimmermann (20) rests in the dugout after an ankle injury on the right foot during a game against Grand River Loggers at Marsh Field in Muskegon on July 6, 2017. Zimmermann said he was disappointed especially because his family traveled a long way from Missouri to watch the game. Loggers defeated Clippers 6-2.

Ten-month-old Piper Nelson cra...ished her heat in first place.

Ten-month-old Piper Nelson crawls across the mat during a baby crawl contest at Gerber National Baby Food Festival in downtown Fremont, Mich. on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Nelson finished her heat in first place.

Steve Beck stands holding an a...e thinking about it."

Steve Beck stands holding an anti-war sign on the way back from work at the Veterans Memorial Causeway in Muskegon, Mich. on Oct 5, 2017. Working daytime as a title officer, Beck originally protested since 2006 against the U.S. invasion to the Middle East every other day after work until former president Barack Obama took office. "And then Trump came in. And in the first few months, he goes to the United Nations and threatened other countries. So I said, 'well, I'll go back again,'" Beck said. "I'm just standing here for peace. People are honking, so they're thinking about it."

Festival-goers rest inside the...endance for the first weekend.

Festival-goers rest inside the Sherwood Forest during the second day of Electric Forest on June 23, 2017 in Rothbury, Mich. The four-day and two weekend-long music festival drew an estimated 40,000 attendance for the first weekend.

A man and a woman look at thei...New Orleans on March 28, 2016.

A man and a woman look at their cell phones near a coffee shop at French Quarter, the oldest section of New Orleans on March 28, 2016.

Lucas He, 8, explores a 19th-c...h of local culture.”

Lucas He, 8, explores a 19th-century-style mountain man camp during Columbia's 39th annual Heritage Festival and Craft Show at Nifong Park. A dozen artisans and tradesmen dressed in 19th century attire, demonstrated their trades and sold their wares. Xiao Ling Guo, the boy’s mother, said, “We are newcomers, so I think it’s really important for us to understand the depth of local culture.”

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Date of Work Aug 2015 - Ongoing

Updated Nov 2018

Topics Activism, Beauty, Belief, Community, Documentary, Editorial, Family, Multimedia, Photography, Photojournalism

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