Jehsong Baak (Korean, b. 1967)

Born in 1967 in Junju, South Corea.

After studying Architecture at the University of Michigan, Baak took up photography in his mid-twenties, consecrating himself entirely to the discipline when he moved to Paris at the age of thirty. He has been featured in one-man shows at Galerie Vu in Paris, and at Stichting Noorderlicht in Groningen, Holland. In 2005, he was commissioned by the Dutch government to photograph the island of Schiermonnikoog, one of the few remaining isolated agricultural communities in the heart of Northern Europe. Baak’s images capture the unique character of the island and its haunting landscape. Photographs by him have appeared in Libération, L’Express, The New York Times, l’Humanité and Vogue France, among other publications. His work is represented in several important private collections in the United States and Europe.