Hosang

Work / Photography

Hosang Park

Words by Jez Burrows, Wednesday 04 November 2009

A fascinating and intricate series titled A Square by Korean photographer Hosang Park, documenting small parks and other ‘places of rest’.

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Ruby Boddington — 16 October 2017
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