Kotori Kawashima - Sa-lanlan

Shot in Seoul over a six-month period from fall to spring, the photographs in Kotori Kawashima's 'Sa-lanlan' show back alleys, scenes of the Han River, construction sites, fallen leaves, car traffic in the city, food, strangers and models, and scenes from everyday life. Kawashima, a Japanese photographer who went to Seoul feeling "incredibly lonesome", gradually found comfort in the city and the people he met there. Each image is marked by his searching gaze and deep interest in his subjects. The pictures are both soft and powerful, as much a conscious capturing of a unique moment as a portrayal of Kawashima's inner world as he pressed the shutter.