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February 12, 2009
Korean photographer Hosang Park has a series entitled A Square, which consists of bird's-eye views of the small, over-landscaped parks that seem to accompany modern apartment towers all over the world. As Park says these "parks" are too small to serve their ostensible purpose: as open space for recreation and places "to make discussions or take a rest."
Hosang Park, Jangan-dong, from the A Square series
Park explains that he took these photos while he was living on the 13th floor of Jugong Apartment in Chang-dong, Seoul. He and his hundreds of neighbors experienced their park as a a patch of eye candy – visual respite from the concrete and tarmac of their surroundings. I
Hosang Park, Banghak-dong, from the series A Square
They are a placeholder for the possibilities of a park as these spaces are empty. There are no people in the pictures.
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