I took this photo this afternoon in the Hong-Ik University neighborhood (the origin of the name Hongdae). When I looked at the downloaded image I was immediately struck by its visual similarity to another shot that I took a few years ago. But that earlier image was quite different in feel; while it was intended to exploit the ominous, dystopian anxiety of being alone in the midst of an anomalously empty urban environment (wow, I so can wax poetic sometimes), this new image was definitely in a different category. So I decided to emphasize that difference by modifying it with various editing tools, running it through filters, etc. The result is a page out of an imaginary picture book dedicated to nostalgia, longing, and faded memories that will die with me.
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