[그 순간] 수능 날 아침 교문

College entrance exam morning in Korea, mid-November before sunrise: outside a high school gate, a line of younger students in padded jackets cheer loudly with arms raised, holding plain coloured cloth banners and thermoses of warm tea, while exam-takers in long padded coats walk through the gate. A parent in the foreground presses both hands together in prayer, facing the gate. Breath visible in the cold, the sky deep blue turning pale at the horizon, school windows lit. People seen mostly from behind and the side, faces small. The banners are plain cloth with no writing. Ordinary everyday Korean faces, photorealistic. No text, no letters, no logos.