Red Roof
Korea color #Jeju #SouthKorea .
Changing planes, JFK
Changing planes JFK. Random walk through. Like every other photographer bored at the airport we shoot whatever is around. I am anxious to get home today after an incredibly rewarding month in Korea. Already missing my Korean diet and friends. Mostly I am trying to remember where I parked my truck at my home airport. …
Mr. Hyun
I had the pleasure of lunch today with Korean novelist, poet, and professor of literature Kil-Un Hyun. Mr. Hyun is doing the text for my upcoming book on the Haenyeo of Jeju Island where he was born and lived for 46 years. Hyun was kind enough to come by and look at my photographs today …
Many Thanks
My photographing in Korea is over. I want to give very special humble thank you to all the Haenyeo I came to admire for their resilience, free spirit, sense of humor, and warmth. These women divers showed me a whole new world. Bobbing around out there in the frigid Pacific on their little foam floats …
Korea Team
I want to thank my Korea team for their dedication and incredible work for the Haenyeo project. Miju, Mr Lee, Mr Taek and I worked hard all day and will work all day tomorrow to choose and sequence the pictures I have been shooting the last three weeks on Jeju Island for a book to …
Harbor Cat
Harbor cat Jeju Island, #SouthKorea. Every harbor has one.. Or ten! I can’t finish up this Korea essay without a cat shot. #Haenyeo #Jeju
Octopus
No sooner had the group of Haenyeo I was diving with entered the water when one of them snatched an octopus from its hiding place under a rock. This bilaterally symmetric mollusk sure isn’t the most beautiful creature on our planet, but at $25. per and the possibility of getting 5-10 in a day along …
Last Minute Prep
Women shellfish divers do last minute prep on a rocky ledge just before entering the frigid waters on Jeju Island, S Korea. I went in first so I could see things from their view. I am a sandy beach guy and rocky water entries extremely difficult in strong currents. However, It’s just another …