It is hard to imagine Mi-Yeon producing art prints of such emotion and refinement amid the familial clutter of her apartment, but maybe this is the mark of the true artist: beauty can be created against all odds. "My daughter's at kindergarten," she offers as explanation.
Mi-Yeon's fourth solo exhibition, "I was born . . . in Seoul, Paris and Tokyo," which will run from July 24 to August 5 at the Kobun Gallery in Nihombashi Hamacho, coincides with the publication of a book of the same title. This contains six essays that describe moments of passage in her life, illustrated with some 50 monochrome prints.
"The photographs (in the book) are not placed to illustrate the text," she notes. "Rather they stand alone, offering atmosphere and sensation as the reader turns the pages."