On the Run in North Korea Exhibition

I attended the launch night of this small photography exhibition at The Brunswick. It was really insightful to see behind the scenes of the word's most secretive country. The three Yorkshire photographers did small talks on their experience in North Korea. What they told us really shocked me as they explained how different it was to what we all thing about North Korea. I personally imagined it to be a very dull, boring, conservative place where everyone had to be well behaved. But their stories and photographs showed a side to North Korea that you would not expect. The photos showed colour, life, humour and happiness. The images showed football matches, psychedelic school buildings, cityscapes and day to day life.


It was relevant to my practice as in Context of Practice I was looking at how valid history and facts can be. I was looking at how secretive North Korea is and this exhibition really opened my eyes to how things are not always as they seem in the media.