Long-term inquiry · Production · Return
Projects
A project begins before the final image and continues after it—through research, return and the accumulation of field experience.
01—02 · Ongoing Archive
Approach
These are not isolated destinations. They are bodies of work shaped by duration—one returning to the same alpine terrain, another following a film from remote production to its public life.
Project 01 · 2016—Ongoing
Hakuba
A Decade of Alpine Observation
Repeated winter journeys create a record of snow, weather and changing visibility across the Japan Northern Alps.
- Method
- Return · Observation · Photography
- Place
- Hakuba · Japan Northern Alps
- Duration
- 2016—Ongoing
A continuing timeline
- 2016
First sustained photographic journey into the Hakuba alpine environment.
- Return
Winter conditions are revisited across changing weather and terrain.
- Ongoing
The archive expands through comparison rather than a single conclusion.
Project 02 · Film · 2025
TARA
Gurja Himal
A documentary journey following astronomical photographer Kim Ki-hyun into the remote mountains of Nepal.
- Role
- Cinematography · Co-editing
- Format
- Documentary · 17 min
- Festival
- 10th Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival
From field to screen
- 2022
Selected for production support through the UMFF Summit.
- Field
Cinematography shaped by Gurja’s altitude, weather and available light.
- 2025
Completed as a 17-minute documentary and presented at UMFF.
Next
New work will enter the archive when it has gathered enough time, context and observation.
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