One BLack Apart

A documentary project applying observational anthropology to record the redevelopment of Seoul’s Inwang Apartment complex. Reframing urban architecture not merely as a backdrop, but as a living system accumulating time, policy, and human displacement, this series captures the temporal layers of vanishing spaces.

Serving as an urban archive that preserves the human cost of rapid modernization, the project received a TIFA Honorable Mention.

Scanned Medium Format Color Film | 16 x 12 inches | 2025

Scanned Medium Format Color Film | 16 x 12 inches | 2025

"11.09. Sun" is written in red marker on the wall of Inwang Apartment. Could this be the date of its demolition?

Scanned Medium Format Color Film | 16 x 12 inches | 2025

Moving past Inwang Apartment, the Inwangsan Kumho complex appears. Small plants sprout through the asphalt of the fully evicted building.

Scanned Medium Format Color Film | 16 x 12 inches | 2025

Plants grow in stark contrast to the doors of the abandoned building. Next to a "No Trespassing" sign, a sticker for the moving company "Baekho Express" remains attached.

Scanned Medium Format Color Film | 16 x 12 inches | 2025

An empty parking lot. Once, this space must have been bustling with children, parents, and cars.