Automatic

Automatic

Chulhoon Jung

Seoul: Permanent External Records, 2023.

ISBN: 979-11-981750-7-6

Condition: As New

Box Cover

Second Edition

200 copies

312 pages

297 x 190mm

Sometimes it feels like we are living on Automatic—life that is routine and mundane—like a constantly running subway with fixed destinations.

All the works in the exhibition and book are captured in autofocus mode. Unlike photos taken using manual focus, subjects can appear blurry or indistinguishable when the camera fails to achieve focus.

This resembles us on the subway everyday. Same route, same destination, not so clear as to why we are always moving forward.

It feels like the subway is riding our lives, not us. 

Finding focus in photography and life.

Traces of deep thoughts and questions are left within photos taken over the past 5 years.