Ji Yeo

'Draw on me' series

'Draw on me' and 'Beauty recovery room' two series with a similar message by Ji Yeo. She is based in Brooklyn where she pursued her master's degree in photography, after graduating from Seoul's  National University. Seoul, South Korea that is.
Whatever way you look at it, it is disturbing that people believe in a way of live that put looks above character. And we fall into the trap of the advertising media enforcing this way of life endlessly.
Ji Yeo states; "Plastic surgery has become an integral part of Korea’s current culture, often regarded as a integral step in the in self improvement process. Going under the knife, enduring bruises, scars, and being under general anesthetic several times are no longer considered risky or extravagant."
The 'Beauty recovery room' pictures Twere taken directly after their operation while they were resting and waiting to be healed. read Ji Yeo's statement here.

 'Draw on me' series

'Draw on me' series

 'Beauty recovery room' series

  'Beauty recovery room' series

  'Beauty recovery room' series

  'Beauty recovery room' series

  'Beauty recovery room' series

'Draw on me' series

Constantine Gedal

Contemporary Russian artist Constantine Gedal's photographic work is timeless. Reality manipulated into a frozen moment. Strangely peaceful compositions, yet full of emotions and memories. form, light and content are all equally important in Gedal's images.

Choi Xoo Ang

Choi Xoo Ang from Seoul, South Korea, challenges society’s pathological state with her sculptures created from clay and resin. No real issue is left untouched, from human rights and sex gender to political issues she doesn't hold back. Her work is fascinating, it just might pop up in one of your nightmares. Some of her sculptures (or parts of it) are hyperrealistic. Choi canalizes her dark emotions into unique malformed creepy creatures and installations.

Julia Fullerton-Batten

Julia Fullerton-Batten's work "Unadorned" depicts people with a fuller more voluminous figure. She was inspired by the painting of old masters. Using soft candle like lighting and modern days props she shows her naked models in a modern context.
For the people finding the images grotesque or disturbing , here is a beautiful statement by the photographer; Throughout most of the last few millennia, the most sought-after female forms were represented by curvaceous bodies and in Rubens’ case of outright corpulence. It is only in very recent times, since Twiggy and Barbie came to the fore in the 1960s, that our narcissistic society reinforced by the media and advertising now interprets the ideal figure to be ultra-thin, enhanced by eating disorders and plastic surgery. Even men are beginning to be caught up in this vicious circle. Today’s harsh judgements of obese persons is particularly prevalent in the West; in many other cultures corpulence is still highly regarded today.

Atta Kim

"The Museum Project" Shows people preserved in plexiglass containers. As if the where valuable artifacts, Atta Kim shows these nude preserved people in different often unusual Settings. The series explores the basic functions of a museum; preserving, collecting, and categorizing of contemporary treasures. Placing them in a strange background the plastic containers turn an average place into exhibition space. This work is as much performance as it is photography. Atta Kim was born in South Korea.