I’ll be speaking at Georgetown U. about North Korean defectors
I’m excited and honored to be part of a Georgetown University panel discussion on Thursday, April 30, about North Korea and North Korean defectors.
Of course North Korea is in the news right now – as it often is – due to its long-range missile tests. Other popular news stories concern its nuclear weapons posturing, Kim Jong-Il, the mass games and defectors crossing the North Korean border to China. One topic that gets lost amidst all these more sensational stories is what happens to people who leave North Korea, hide in China for a bit and then come to South Korea? What are these peoples’ lives like? Now’s your chance to find out.
I’ll open the discussion at 6:30 pm with my photo essay on two North Korean women adjusting to life in Seoul. Then Kim Young-il and Han Young-jin, two defectors, will talk about their lives and take questions from the audience. This is sure to be an incredibly interesting evening, so come on out. We’ll be at 3520 Prospect St. NW in the Carbarn Building, 4th floor student lounge. For more information, check out this flyer or just leave a comment here.
Ummm….I won!
I’m not a bragger but I have to share the good news! The photograph above will be exhibited at the Newseum along with 99 other winning pictures from the Fotobama photography contest. It will also be published in a book later this year. I’m excited!
I made this picture right after the “We Are One” concert, which was the Saturday Sunday before Inauguration Day. For just a moment, several people in the crowd turned to stare at the snipers on top of the Old Executive Office Building at 17th St. and E St.
I like this picture, yet I have to admit I’m not sure why the judges picked it over the other two photographs I entered in the contest. This has pleasing light. A subtle moment. A curiosity factor, for sure. Maybe I’ll understand better when I attend the opening reception in early May. Perhaps this picture works well with the other winning pictures to tell the story of President Obama’s election and inauguration?
Anyway….yippeee! And don’t let me forget a big THANKS to Allison for helping me edit my contest entry!
(Above: That's me photographing while snowshoeing through a snowstorm. Picture by