In Pictures: Unionmade II Cover and Destroy at 1984
VLUF are eminent on the Seoul subcultural party scene for their warehouse raves, particularly after their recent collaboration with House of Vans. The crew recently threw the second volume of their second party series, Unionmade II: Cover and Destroy, at uber cool garage basement venue and print publication shop 1984 in Hongdae. Here are the...
Instagram Seoul
The first official Instagram meet in Seoul is happening this weekend (just in time for cherry blossoms?) at the Han River in Seoul. Retro camera app lovers are invited to join in with fellow social networkers for a day of mingling and photo challenges in one of Seoul’s most photogenic areas. The Sunday afternoon meetup...
A Shot of Soju With: Aaron Choe
Our most recent Shot of Soju interview is with Aaron Choe, a Korean-American photographer, DJ, and independent cinematographer. Aaron is one of those people you meet in Seoul that successfully plugs himself into every creative outlet he can possibly find. From DJing at Exit to shooting independent films to working alongside multiple photographers, Aaron has...
SOL-SOL: Seoul Street Style
Here are some cool Seoul style shots from SOL-SOL, a photographic celebration of youth culture, street culture and fashion. See more street photography from SOL-SOL on their Facebook page or follow them on tumblr.
Escape into the Bedrooms of Strangers
Seoul-based Juanita Hong’s ‘My Escape’ project is an ode to her love of her own bedroom – her personal place of escape. Within her project she photographs people in their own private spaces and encourages them to write a note explaining their feelings regarding their room. The result is a sweet, personable collection of photography...
Chinchagram: I Spy
January flew by in a flash (no photography pun intended) and we shook things up a bit on the Chincha Instagram page this month by having a weekly “I Spy” Chinchagram contest. As always, there were so many wonderful submissions, but alas, there can only be one winner. Here’s a re-cap of the month’s weekly...
Review: Dirty Projectors in Seoul
“It’s like the opera, they’re only letting late people come in between songs. It’s actually kind of cool,’ David Longstreth, the amiable leader of Brooklyn-based band Dirty Projectors, jokes between songs as a few late comers try to burrow their way into the already packed crowd at Hongdae’s V-Hall. While the mood is certainly more...
Chinchagram: sounds
2012 is finished and December ushered out the year with a bang! There was a lot going on around the peninsula and once again we had tons of fantastic Chinchagram photos to capture it all. This monthʼs theme was “sounds” and we were looking for photos that would give an audial experience with just a...
