TITLE: Serene forest

I love the idea of photographs can be appreciated as paintings.
I sought to translate the interplay of light and darkness into black and white.
I also printed these representations on rice paper to emphasize the unique texture of the medium.

AUTHOR: Sue Park (United States)

Selected Solo Exhibition

2025 “Anthology of Light” at Shatto Gallelry, Los Angeles, CA USA
2025 “Anthologie de la Lumière” at La Galerie Hors-Champs, Paris, France
2025 “Poetry of Stillness“at Museum of Photography in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2024 “Sue Park’s Trajectories” at Contemporary Art Museum of Uzbekistan, Urgench , Uzbekistan
2024 “Sue Park’s Photography” at the Gallery of Classic Photography”, Moscow, Russia
2022-23 “Sounds of Silence” at Palazzo del duca Contemporary Art Museum, Senigallia, Italy
2022 “Identità-Serenity” at Rocca di Umbertide Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Umbertide, Italy
2019 “Serenity” at Shatto Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2017 “Sue Park Photography” at Gallery Dooin, Seoul, South Korea

Selected Awards
2024 Awarded Gold in the professional category of Landscape from Tokyo International Foto Awards
2024 1st Place Award from Tokyo International Foto Awards
2023 Awarded Gold from Tokyo International Foto Awards
2023 Chosen as the 2023 “Best of Show” photographer from International Foto Awards
2023 Silver Award from Photographie Paris (PX3)
2022 Gold Award from Tokyo International Foto Awards
2021 Chosen as “The Photographer of the Year 2021” from International Photography Awards
2021 Awarded as “Discovery of the Year” from Lucie Foundation, USA
2021 1st Place Award from International Photography Awards (IPA), USA
2021 1st Place Award from Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) for category of Book, France
2021 Chosen as the Top 5 Jury Selection from IPA, USA
2021 Gold Award from Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA), Budapest
2019 1st Place award from International Photography Awards (IPA)
2019 Silver Award from Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA), Budapest
2021 Chosen as “The Photographer of the Year 2021” from International Photography Awards
2021 Awarded as “Discovery of the Year” from Lucie Foundation, USA
2021 1st Place Award from International Photography Awards (IPA), USA
2021 1st Place Award from Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) for category of Book, France
2021 Chosen as the Top 5 Jury Selection from IPA, USA
2021 Gold Award from Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA), Budapest
2019 1st Place award from International Photography Awards (IPA)
2019 Silver Award from Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA), Budapest

Published Books
2024 Anthology of Light
2022 Identità, Serenity
2021 Monovision
2019 Sue Park Photography
2013-2024 Published in the Asian Pacific Heritage Cultural Guide by The City of Los Angeles, CA, USA

Selected Public Collections

Contemporary Art Museum of Uzbekistan
State Russian Museum and Exhibition Center in Saint Petersburg, Russia
California International University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Hyundai Group, Seoul, Korea

Education

Seoul National University
New York Institute of Photography