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Jun Ahn
Two photobooks from the South Korean artist present different takes on the metaphorical theme of gravity
We first met Jun Ahn when she was selected for BJP's annual talent issue with Self-Portrait, a project that went viral after appearing on the cover of the Ones To Watch edition in 2013. The series, for which she perched precariously on the ledges of skyscrapers, was less to do with the thrill-seeking 'rooftop selfie' phenomenon it has been associated with, and more concerned with the passing of time. Or, in the words of Japanese publisher Akaaka, which recently put out the series as a book, it attempts to "visualise the void that exists between a past that cannot be changed and a future landscape that seems far away, while capturing the momentary fissure that is...