[사람 없는 초상] 40년 사진관 암실

A portrait of a person made without the person: the darkroom of an old Korean neighbourhood photo studio, still used by its elderly owner. A deep red safelight, three developing trays in a row, bamboo tongs resting across the trays, a line of black-and-white prints drying on clothes pegs showing only soft blurred shapes of faces and families, an enlarger with a worn focusing knob, a rubber apron hanging on a nail, a stool beside the sink. Chemical stains on the wooden counter. No people, no text, no letters, no logos.