Still Images of a Modern Seoul - Spectral Codex

Here is a collection of various photos I shot in and around Seoul. Most of these images were captured in the Seoul underground or Jongno-gu alleyways.

Open the kimchi jar, HANGUL-9000.
Open the kimchi jar, HANGUL-9000.
Myeongdong stairway.
Myeongdong stairway.
Seoul alleyway explorations.
Seoul alleyway explorations.
What you might find in a Seoul alleyway.
What you might find in a Seoul alleyway.
Even more alleyway explorations.
Even more alleyway explorations.
Further alleyway explorations.
Further alleyway explorations.
There must be some kind of way out of here…
There must be some kind of way out of here…
Street art just outside Bukchon village.
Street art just outside Bukchon village.
Seoul street demon.
Seoul street demon.
The first rays of dawn in a new land far from home.
The first rays of dawn in a new land far from home.

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Series: South Korea 2012

A complete travelogue from one unplanned week in Seoul, South Korea. These stories are evenly divided between lengthy photo essays and brief photo galleries and are arranged in rough chronological order.

Author

I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.