A selection of Yannis Kontos' portfolio of images from North Korea are included in a
new exhibition set to open in Daegu, South Korea on October 31, 2008.

Changing Social Landscape: Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1950 - 2008

"Changing North Korean Scenery" documented by Margaret Bourke-White, the photographer attached to
US Life Magazine, Chris Marker, well-known French picture producer and Mr. Hee Jung Kim who represents
Korea, present North Korea from the time of liberalization in 1950 until 2008. 12 photographers
documented images of social change and common people in Korea with intervals of 10 years.
Despite the fact that North Korean society is changing slowly, it does not seemed to have changed on the surface.

Curator : Youngkyun Lim

For more information, please visit the Daegu Photo Biennale 2008 website.

A pin depicting the Great Leader, Kim Il-sung is seen on the dress of a North Korean guide in Pyongyang.
North Koreans are always obliged to wear the same pin.

In school uniforms, three young girls carry replicas of AK-47 rifles down a street in Pyongyang.

A North Korean rides his bicycle in front of the Tower of the Juche Idea in Pyongyang.