Bae Bien-u

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Bae Bien-u
Born (1950-05-22) May 22, 1950 (age 73)
Nationality South Korean
Alma mater Hongik University
OccupationPhotographer
Employer Seoul Institute of the Arts
Korean name
Hangul
배병우
Hanja
裵炳雨
Revised Romanization Bae Byeong-u
McCune–Reischauer Pae Pyŏng'u

Bae Bien-u (born May 22, 1950) is a South Korean photographer. He is a professor in Seoul Institute of the Arts. [1]

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Early life and career

Bae was born in Suncheon and grew up in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do in 1950, and graduated from Hongik University's College of Arts in 1974 and the graduate school of the same university in 1976.

Renowned as a professional photographer with themes especially concentrated on pine trees, he has become a representative photographer with the reputation of capturing the characteristic sentiments of Korea including the pine trees, oceans and mountains with his camera rather than a brush. [2]

He became better-known outside of South Korea after selling one of his pine tree photographs to English singer Elton John in 2005. [3] Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak later gave a collection of Bae's pine tree photographs to U.S. president Barack Obama during a summit held in Washington. [4]

He served as professor of the Department of Photography at Seoul Institute of the Arts. [5]

Selected solo exhibitions

Some of his solo exhibitions are listed below:

Collections of photographs

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References

  1. 네이버 인물검색<배병우> Naver people <Bae Bien-U>
  2. 흑백 사진에 담긴 자연…배병우 개인전 ‘WINDSCAPE’《SBS뉴스》2013년10월11일. Nature contained in black & white photograph, Personal exhibition by Bae Bien-U, ‘WINDSCAPE’ 《SBS News》
  3. 사진작가 배병우, “자연스러운 소나무 곡선이 한국의 美” 《매일경제》2011-10-02. Photographic Artist Bae Bien-U, “The natural curvatures of the pine tree illustrating the aesthetics of Korea”
  4. 소나무 작가 배병우, 다음 사진은 '남해안' Pine tree professional photographer, Bae Bien-U. The next photograph is the 'Southern Coast of Korea'
  5. 4개국서 동시 사진전 여는 배병우 사진작가 《서울신문》27면 2012-06-21. Professional photographer Bae Bien-U, holding simultaneous photographic exhibitions in 4 different countries 《Seoul Shinmun
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