Comments on: A Glimpse into North Korea by Nayan Sthankiya

By: Shipra Chauhan

Shipra Chauhan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:44:23 +0000

Is it just me or are these pics processed as overly contrast-y and stark, sometimes even leading to highlights blowing out?

By: Herve

Herve — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:14:29 +0000

A very good set of pictures about North Korea there too:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/sets/72157604812751507/

By: Danney

Danney — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:43:33 +0000

There are more beautiful photos of North Korea.

By: Burch

Burch — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:38:29 +0000

“There is a minds eye picture in the world of North Korea as a ruthless military state, its citizens foaming at the mouth, bent on the destruction of the west. This vue has great advantage from a military stand point and making a military strike much more palatable for the outside world.”

The “minds eye” picture you talk about from North Korea isn’t one made to make a military strike more “palatable”. It’s one that is formed from the media(NK news) and messages that are sent from North Korea’s senior leadership. In any case, with some research you would find that North Korea is a military state.

I think saying that the world views North Korean citizens as foaming at the mouth is misinformed. Maybe to people who can’t seperate the leadership and politics of North Korea from the every day people who are involved in neither.

I’d say a more accurate perception people have about the North Korean citizens is that they’re starving to death.

By: Chuck Anziulewicz

Chuck Anziulewicz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:00:14 +0000

North Korea, as stultifyingly conservative a society as it is, has always facinated me. So it’s always nice to come across a new collection of photos from within that country. And your photos are quite wonderful. There is a certain quality to the color of your photographs that makes them look less posed and more realistic.

Certain photos I particularly liked: #5 (the rather shabby street scene), #9 (woman with umbrellas and an espression of great suspicion), and #20 (men playing cards).

By: bhowmik

bhowmik — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:00:24 +0000

beautiful collection here!!

By: Divya

Divya — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:02:31 +0000

Wow nice gallery of photos!

By: Aditya Kapoor

Aditya Kapoor — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:26:02 +0000

hey Nayan am glad to see your work up hear finally!

By: Quinn

Quinn — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:21:31 +0000

Great series.

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