North Korea (English and Korean Edition) - Hardcover

9780972784153: North Korea (English and Korean Edition)
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From the introduction: The idea for this book on North Korea and its companion book on South Korea is simple, a look at Korea 60 years after the signing of the armistice that stopped - but did not officially end - the Korean War. Turning the idea into reality was much more complicated, especially north of the 38th parallel, the 154-mile long and 2.5-mile wide line that divides the peninsula. To better understand North Korea, officially the Democratic People s Republic of Korea (DPRK), one must travel back at least two centuries. For it is in the history of the Korean Peninsula, not just the land above the mid-20th century division, where an integral part of the bigger picture reveals itself. The 19th century Opium Wars in China had an isolating effect on Korea, helping to create what became known as the Hermit Kingdom. While now often used as a synonym for the DPRK, this label was originally given to the entire peninsula. In the 1870s Japan began flexing its military muscle, crisscrossing the East Sea (Sea of Japan) in an attempt to subjugate Korea. These actions culminated in the annexation of the country in 1910. Japanese occupation would last until the end of World War II in 1945, when the United States took control of the southern half of the peninsula and the Soviet Union, having entered the war against Japan only a few weeks earlier, occupied the northern half. These are the seeds that grew into a divided Korea. In 1948 with the Cold War in full swing, North Korea and South Korea declared independence from each other, each claiming to be the rightful government for the entire peninsula. On June 25, 1950 the Cold War turned hot as Northern troops flooded into the South. By the time an armistice was signed on July 27,1953, more than a million soldiers and civilians had been killed. At the time, U.S. General Mark Wayne Clark s headquarters in Tokyo issued a statement addressed to all members of the United Nations Command: "I must tell you as emphatically as I can, that this does not mean immediate or even early withdrawal from Korea. The conflict will not be over until the governments concerned have reached a firm political settlement." Six decades later, peace is still not at hand.

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After graduating from California State University, Los Angeles with a Master of Arts Degree in Pictorial/Documentary History, Mark started his professional photography career doing the stills for the Merv Griffin Show and various television and movie companies. When the show ended in 1986 he set off on a four-month trek across the Pacific and throughout Southeast Asia, China and Japan. The images created on that trip brought attention to his travel and documentary photography. He since has visited and photographed in more than eighty countries. His editorial work has appeared in publications including Life, GEO, Wallpaper, Stern, Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic Traveler, Islands, Forbes Life, AFAR, Islands, TravelAge West, Travel Weekly, Playboy, Vogue Brazil, Elle Canada, Esquire Japan, Harper s Bazaar, Italian GQ, Marie Claire, W Magazine, The New York Times, The London Times, The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, as well as many photography and airline in-flight magazines. His commercial clients range from The Gap for his fashion photography, Coca-Cola for portraiture, to cruise lines airlines and government tourist bureaus for his travel photography. He is the recipient of numerous awards including a CLIO Award for advertising photography, an Aurora Gold Award for commercial directing and an ACE Award for directing and producing a video for television. In the spring of 1998 Abbeville Press published Mark s book Faces of the Twentieth Century: Master Photographers and Their Work recording in both words and pictures many of the great names in photography. In March of 1999, the book won the prestigious New York Book Show Photography Book of the Year and Best of Show awards. Mark s book The Way of the Japanese Bath (R.A.M. Publications), winner of a Premier Print Award, was published in February 2003 to coincide with a touring exhibition beginning at APEX Fine Art in Los Angeles. His third book Mark Edward Harris: Wanderlust (R.A.M. Publications) was released in November 2004. Images in that book led Mark to being named Photographer of the Year at the 2004 Black + White Spider Awards and the book itself being named the people/photography book of the year at the 2005 International Photography Awards. Domicilium Decoratus (Harper/Collins), collaboration with award-winning interior designer Kelly Wearstler, was released in 2006. In 2007 Chronicle Books published his book Inside North Korea. A revised edition of Wanderlust was also published in the same year and was the recipient of the first place award for Fine Art Books at the Prix del la Photographie Paris (PX3). In September 2008 Chronicle Books published Inside Iran. In 2009 a revised and expanded edition of The Way of the Japanese Bath was released. The book was selected as one of PDN s photo books of the year in 2010 as well as an IPA award. Mark is a contributing editor for publications in the film and photography field including HDVideo Pro, DigitalPhoto Pro, Outdoor Photographer, Black & White, and Color Magazine. Harris shares his photographic knowledge through teaching photography workshops around the globe. In 2012, he was a keynote speaker in Yokohama at the International Travel Mart presenting his series on Japanese ryokans and hot springs and at the Travel Photography Festival at the Royal Geographical Society in London. A book tour for Mark's North Korea and South Korea books include talks at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, the Korea Society in New York, and the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

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  • PublisherShashin Press
  • Publication date2013
  • ISBN 10 0972784152
  • ISBN 13 9780972784153
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages112

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