Joonsung Yoon

New York University / International Center of Photography

Born in Seoul,Korea, Joonsung Yoon received a BS from Sogang University (Seoul, Korea) and earned an MFA in photographic Design at Hongik University (Seoul, Korea).  In 1996 he got an MA from New York University/ International Center of Photography Graduate Program.  Yoon has taught photography at a National University in Korea and he is also a writer for the Korean Monthly Photographic Magazine.

Joonsung Yoon explores the dichotomy of identity and appearance with computer manipulated photographs.  Yoon is his own subject, portraying himself both with and without glasses as a visual representation of his two psychological extremes.  He is identifying today’s medium, the computer, comparing it with photography in the avant garde period.