A winter spent alone in the mountains near Seoul. Photographs of solitary hikers, ancient connections to the land, and moments of quiet above the city.
Mika Störkel – Portrait & Event Photographer in Bremen
Artist and designer working across photography, visual communication, and objects. Based in Bremen, Germany, frequently travelling to Seoul, South Korea.
The IPSAN Photobook is a handbound book in an edition of 10, containing all 58 photographs from the series. Designed with a Swiss binding, the book opens completely flat, allowing viewers to see the photographs in pairs. Some pages feature photographs that spread across both pages for an immersive viewing experience.
After spending a year in Seocheon as a high school student, I returned to the South Korean town in 2022 with a camera. Retracing familiar routes, I photographed a place changing as quickly as I was.
Chernozem, Moldova’s fertile black earth, has shaped the country’s agriculture and food culture. Through photographs and conversations with soil scientists and farmers, this book explores how drought, erosion, and intensive farming threaten the soil, and what people are doing to protect it.
