Eric Kim
"I believe am what I do, what I own, and how I live my life."
He lived with his parents and "amazing" sister and also worked part time to help pay the bills. For
6-7 days he went to collage. He basically lived a life of poverty and struggled for most his life.
Eric Kim Biography
I was born Jan 31, 1988 in San Francisco.
I grew up with two parents and an amazing loving sister (Anna Kim). My mom (Sukhee/Lea Chung) worked many part-time menial labor jobs to pay the bills (cleaning dishes, cleaning houses, waitressing, and other odd jobs). My mom worked 12 hour days, for pretty much 6-7 days a week until I went to college. My family filed for bankruptcy once.
My mom at her childhood home / Busan, 2014I grew up not knowing whether we could pay the rent at the end of each month. I didn’t grow up in dire poverty (I still had stuff), but I grew up knowing that nothing in life could be handed to me. I had to work hard to get what I wanted.
I bought my first car at 16, for $1200 (1991 Nissan Sentra, 4-door XE, 5-speed) through money I saved up working as a busboy, and through tutoring/teaching. I used to be into fixing up my car. I have fond memories of stripping my interior, upgrading my audio system, upgrading my headers, intake, and exhaust, and painting my car in the garage by myself with spray paint.
In high school, I played football and tennis. I like to breakdance with my friends, and my friend Justin Lee got me into underground hip hop music (Aesop Rock, Hieurspecs, Hieroglyphics, Nujabes, Atmosphere, etc). Many of my old middle-school friends were gang-affiliated. I almost joined one, but fortunately my family moved away from my old middle-school home (Alameda).
I worked hard in high school, took all AP courses, and tried to get into UCLA (I eventually did). I had a lot of help from my local boy scouts troop (Mike O’Connor, Pat Ransil, David Dial, my scoutmasters) — and I eventually became an Eagle scout (my project was to beautify a local community organization that supported abused children).
My main father figure was Coach Lowe (Greg Lowe, a retired ex-police chief), who taught me tennis, but really taught me a philosophy of life. I still remember when I lost my first big game, Coach Lowe told me: “Eric, you didn’t lose — you just didn’t win. There is a difference.” That has stuck with me until now.
I also grew up in the church. I grew up at the St. Andrew Kim Catholic Church in Oakland, where all my best friends were. I ended up teaching Sunday school at St. Agnes (in LA), and eventually became the principal. I still self-identify as Catholic, but as I’m getting older, I’m becoming less religious, and more spiritual. I am grateful to all of my mentors in the church, who guided me to become the person I am today.
My mom, me, and Cindy (photo by Neil Ta)I got married to the love of my life in June 11, 2016 in Orange County, California.
I grew up with two parents and an amazing loving sister (Anna Kim). My mom (Sukhee/Lea Chung) worked many part-time menial labor jobs to pay the bills (cleaning dishes, cleaning houses, waitressing, and other odd jobs). My mom worked 12 hour days, for pretty much 6-7 days a week until I went to college. My family filed for bankruptcy once.
My mom at her childhood home / Busan, 2014I grew up not knowing whether we could pay the rent at the end of each month. I didn’t grow up in dire poverty (I still had stuff), but I grew up knowing that nothing in life could be handed to me. I had to work hard to get what I wanted.
I bought my first car at 16, for $1200 (1991 Nissan Sentra, 4-door XE, 5-speed) through money I saved up working as a busboy, and through tutoring/teaching. I used to be into fixing up my car. I have fond memories of stripping my interior, upgrading my audio system, upgrading my headers, intake, and exhaust, and painting my car in the garage by myself with spray paint.
In high school, I played football and tennis. I like to breakdance with my friends, and my friend Justin Lee got me into underground hip hop music (Aesop Rock, Hieurspecs, Hieroglyphics, Nujabes, Atmosphere, etc). Many of my old middle-school friends were gang-affiliated. I almost joined one, but fortunately my family moved away from my old middle-school home (Alameda).
I worked hard in high school, took all AP courses, and tried to get into UCLA (I eventually did). I had a lot of help from my local boy scouts troop (Mike O’Connor, Pat Ransil, David Dial, my scoutmasters) — and I eventually became an Eagle scout (my project was to beautify a local community organization that supported abused children).
My main father figure was Coach Lowe (Greg Lowe, a retired ex-police chief), who taught me tennis, but really taught me a philosophy of life. I still remember when I lost my first big game, Coach Lowe told me: “Eric, you didn’t lose — you just didn’t win. There is a difference.” That has stuck with me until now.
I also grew up in the church. I grew up at the St. Andrew Kim Catholic Church in Oakland, where all my best friends were. I ended up teaching Sunday school at St. Agnes (in LA), and eventually became the principal. I still self-identify as Catholic, but as I’m getting older, I’m becoming less religious, and more spiritual. I am grateful to all of my mentors in the church, who guided me to become the person I am today.
My mom, me, and Cindy (photo by Neil Ta)I got married to the love of my life in June 11, 2016 in Orange County, California.
He does photography in many places such as Korea (Seoul) and America and he also travels around aria and takes multiple pictures in places such as Tokyo.
I chose this photographer because the way the photos are taken is the way which i strive to take myself in the future. I love the way that the photos are naturally taken to show the city life. It simply represents/ shows the life of Koreans and Americans.
Techniques used:
-frame
-leading lines
-blur
-black and white photography
-night photography
-leading lines
-blur
-black and white photography
-night photography
Iwan Bann
Iwan is a Dutch architectural photographer. Iwan Baan saw an exhibition on the history of Europe and researched him. He suddenly got interested and got into architectural photography. Iwan Baan initially found architectural photography dry and devoid of the dishevelled nature of life. He therefore found a way to rethink the genre of architectural photography, rejecting the detachment of perfect geometry and seeking out its underlying humanity. Looking at his photographs, one feels that a human story is never very far away. Iwan Baan’s first collaboration with Rem Koolhaas was the documentation of the construction of the CCTV (China Central Television) tower in Beijing, China. Most interesting for Iwan Baan was the contrast of the sleek design of the finished product with the ephemeral communities of migrant workers constructed around the site.
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In my opinion i love Iwan Banns work. I love how he goes to unique building to take photos and focuses on buildings with class or just have a pale feature to it to create a bright collision with dark or bright soft and snowy background.
-Triangles