Groove Korea: Tell us a little about Mark Eaton, the man and the photographer.
Mark Eaton: Most importantly, I am a husband and a father. I am an American by birth married to a Korean woman, and we have three adult daughters.
Dylan Goldby
Groove Korea is teaming up with the Seoul Photo Club to give readers tips on where to get the best snaps on the peninsula. Our photographers will share advice on how and where they shoot. To compete in the Photo Challenge and win great prizes from Groove Korea, head on over to the Seoul Photo Club on Flickr: flickr.com/groups/seoulphotoclub
Korea’s traditional markets have seen a staggering decline within the last 20 years. As recently as 1993, most Korean housewives would head to a local market for fresh poultry, produce and groceries. When the first E-Mart opened in November that year, it introduced a whole new world of discount shopping to Korean consumers. Clean, modern facilities sprung up around the country, offering competitive pricing on almost anything one needed for a home. Instead of customers haggling for lower prices, economies of scale did it for them.
I met Scott in 2009 when he first arrived in Korea, and we were both at a point when we wanted to take photography more seriously. We photographed anything and everything, and had delusions of grandeur that kept us in constant search for new techniques and tools with which to execute our ideas. We stumbled upon the idea of portraiture while exploring a drain one day, and spent months shooting ladies at sunset. Truth be told, I think we were more enamored with our f/1.4 lenses than anything else.
Everyone loves beautiful pictures. Groove Korea is teaming up with the Seoul Photo Club to give readers tips on where to get the best snaps on the peninsula. Our photographers will share tips on how and where they shoot.
Groove Korea: Give us a little insight into Greg the photographer, and Greg the man.
Zack Cluley is an American teacher, writer and photographer based in Seoul. Hailing from a small town in Texas, he finds his subjects on the streets of the bustling city he currently calls home, and focuses on finding fresh perspectives from various points of view, revealing beyond what meets the eye. This month, Cluley tells Groove Korea about his passion for street photography, interest in shooting in black-and-white, and his favorite places to discover peculiar subjects.
In the blue-tinged twilight, I make my way to the back of the park. The ticket office is not yet open. The gates are wide, and the morning wind rustles the leaves. How many people have heard this sound before? As the sun crests the horizon and shafts of light spill between the burial mounds, a sense of awe fills me. I am walking the path of kings, a path lined by ancestors and walked by descendants. Here lie the leaders who unified Korea. I walk through the park, nodding my regards to the occasional early riser, before leaving, humbled.
