Army (2007)
work note
I joined the army on 23th of Aug. 2007. It was the period when I should learn something that I had never gone through and the previous experiences were not helpful in general. It was not easy to learn something new and get used to the life in the camp in spite of trying best. And all the guys but me seemed to fit into the soldier’s life without any problem. But I got to know they were not different from me in the course of time. I saw they too were trying to adapt themselves to the life in the army.
I wanted to take photos desperately at first but heard it was not possible because photography was not my major. So I recorded the every meaningful scene just with my eyes.
One day as I was a private, the operation team leader asked who could shoot better and I raised my hand without hesitation. He said that I didn’t seem to do the work well but he had no choice but to give me a camera because there was no other applicants. His order was to take a picture of the condition of environmental hygiene and I made a cut with all the techniques that I had acquired before. The cut was on the military newspaper the next day and this made me a soldier who could be able to shoot.
But the chances were not as sufficient as I thought. I could shoot once in a while. I was given only one 35mm lens and some roles of Try X film. I did shooting by daylight and sometimes with a Nikon manual strobe light.
Some time later I got a leave from the service and then I could see the films developed and this experience was very helpful in that the images that had been in my memory popped up before my eyes and it made me excited.
I scanned the films and my first exhibition was held in the army. I tried to make record of me and my members with ceaseless researching. The research is here and I want to share the photo works with you.