Young couple on a bridge, Seoul, South Korea.
It was Sunday, February 16, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea. My editor, Doug LeBlanc, had gone back to the U.S. because of a family emergency. I was alone and had most of the day off. What to do, what to do, what to do? I know! I'll take my Pentax 6x7 and a pocket full of film and ramble around the city!
I must have been in some kind of park. There was a tightrope walker. . .
He was really good, even doing acrobatics on the wire.
Two women shared a seesaw.
Several young women were decorating pottery. . .
While a craftsman worked on something. I couldn't tell what he was doing.
A Korean beauty in traditional dress.
A convivial group of young adults were having tea in an outdoor restaurant.
I mentioned in my previous post that I was not sure why I brought Kodak Ektachrome EPP film instead of Fujichrome 100 on this trip. Apparently the EPP was in 220 size rolls, which gave me 20 exposures per roll instead of 10. A roll of either takes the same amount of space, but the 220 has twice as many frames.
This is a photo from yesterday's post. Marcus Peddle, a reader who lives in South Korea, commented: "The newlyweds are praying at what looks to be a village sacred tree. Many villages have them. Judging by the rope and strips of white cloth wrapped around the the two phallic stones on the left, I would say they are praying to have a son."
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I was able to find from the writing on the gate behind the Korean Beauty that you were in the Korean Folk village in Yongin. I was there once, a long time ago. Possibly about the same year you were there. Yongin Folk Village is probably one of the most famous ones in the country.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that info, Marcus. I had "Folk Village" in my original notes and should have included it.
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