“I like the idea of concentrating on the absolutely banal things,” says Chan-Yang Kim of his latest photo project, which captures the Korean expatriate community in London’s New Malden
’s latest project: a series of photographs spotlighting the Korean expatriate community in London’s New Malden, an area said to house the highest concentration of expat Koreans in Europe.
The community received him with open arms. “I can speak Korean, so I was treated like a lost son or lost cousin,” adds Kim, who started out meeting members of the community at a local café for senior citizens – before long he was attending private picnics, Christmas parties, and harvest celebrations. “It was very welcoming and hopefully my pictures show that warmth.
“Hopefully I can make a body of work and a book that the community are happy with. First and foremost, they’re the subject of the pictures, so I want to make something for them but I want to make something for me as well, which is why I included the vintage photos.”
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