Jeongmee Yoon (born 1969) is a South Korean photographer. She received an
MFA in photography, video, and related media from the
School of Visual Arts in 2006, and is a professor of photography at
Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2]
Yoon's photography often focuses on human subjects posed within a densely-packed frame among their possessions.[2] Yoon has stated that "[t]his method shows my organization of subjects similar to the way in which museums categorize their inventories and display their collections."[3] As art critic Hyeyoung Shin observes, "Unlike a portrait photography, which focuses only [on] a person, [Yoon] provides environmental information surrounding the subject to contribute not only the visual content but also its form."[2]
Yoon's most notable photography series in this vein is the Pink and Blue Project, which Yoon began in 2005.[4] The Pink and Blue Project documents the blue and pink toys, clothing, books, and other objects collected by American and Korean children.[5][6][7] This project is regularly referenced by scholars studying gender and early childhood in a range of fields, including biology, educational psychology, and media studies.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Another photography series, Space-Man-Space, depicts shopkeepers surrounded by the goods they sell, in tightly packed stalls and kiosks in Seoul's Insadong neighborhood.[2] Similarly, the Animal Companions photo series chronicles relationships between humans, their pets, and the homes they live in.[17]
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"The Sacra of LGBT Childhood". Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice. 21: 55–68 – via HeinOnline.