Heji Shin - Photographer

[Estella*]

i couldn't find too much about heji shin on the net, only that she was born in 1976, studied in hamburg and works in documentary photography as well as in portraits. i really hope we will hear/ see more of her work in the future, i love how she works with contrasts and light and how she is able to create a very private atmosphere. i scanned an editorial from german 'achtung' magazine that i find enormously beautiful in it's quietness and depiction of the people in the wood, almost little red riding hood...

she does have a site but there isn't anything up yet, only contact: www.hejishin.com


this is her and the only work i found online:

 

[Estella*]

'achtung' n°1, "um ein haar zu schön", rochas fall/winter 03/04
(fashion editor kirsten herrmann)

 

[Estella*]

^sorry, this is awful, all those double-pages were so hard to scan

 

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[MulletProof]

love those pics, anna. i agree about the 'private' feeling, it was my first thought when i opened the thread.

 

[jennifer~]

Thanks for scanning anna - judging from those photos I want to say she's one of my favorites of recent exposure. Maybe I just like that they are dark and moody lol, but I also think she is quite successful at creating that 'private atmosphere' (as you said) without detaching herself from her subject matter - it's a feat...

 

[Estella*]

your welcome both! (ahh, i always attract the best people)

stupid, i haven't read 'achtung' since the first issue, maybe she contributed more to them... i think i'll subscribe to it, it's only bi-annual and i tend to forget it otherwise...

 

[luxmode]

o... these b+w photos are so evocative for me...they remind me of times spent at my grandmother's summer house and somehow of shelley's poem "the sensitive plant," too.

please post more...

 

[Estella*]

someone who works for elle gave me the new german elle-girl issue and i was surprised to find a heji shin editorial... considering the magazine it's in, it's not bad after all ... i wish her better opportunities, though.

 

[Estella*]

for the private ? public issue of sleek magazine

from www.stern.de

 

[Cosette]

When I look at these photos, I feel as if she's let me in on a little secret.. that feeling of privacy is really strong. Thanks so much for scanning these

 

[Estella*]

^yes, it's almost uncanny how she's able to create that atmosphere even in commercial photography ... it even was in the elle girl spread i mentioned

 

[Estella*]

from www.goethe.de

 

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[BerlinRocks]

wanna see more!!!! ( we needs to re-up it)

 

[Estella*]

i'd love it if you could find some more information/work, berlinrocks ... i haven't been very successful myself, but i did not forget about her!
thanks for the bump!

 

[BerlinRocks]

is a video for Who made Who is ok??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q269Bi1Je64