Korea

  • Found Film: Korea, 1946, roll 4 (Homecoming)

    This is the fourth and final installment in a series of posts about four rolls of film that were found among items acquired in an estate sale in rural Washington state. To recap what I think I can safely assume from the content in these photos, they appear to have been taken by a U.S.

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  • Found Film: Korea, 1946 – Part 3

    This is the third installment (in what will eventually be 4) in a series of posts about a fascinating project I have been working on.  Rather than the usual “found film” which I find undeveloped, this is a set of four rolls of already-developed photographs I have scanned and gradually restored over the past weeks.

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  • Found Film: Korea, 1946 – part 2

    Last week I posted about the first of four rolls of already-developed film I had come across via a seller on eBay, and have been scanning and restoring one by one.  This is the second roll, which provides a whole new set of clues as to the photographer and their living conditions in Korea, just

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  • Found Film: Korea, 1946

    A few months ago I came across a post on eBay where someone was selling four rolls of already-developed film.  The seller professed being unsure about wanting to get rid of the film, so I offered to buy them and scan them, and restore them as much as I could, so they would be available

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  • The Korean Air Force Releases Les Miserables Parody Video

    Following a long tradition of military folks getting involved in musical YouTube shenanigans, the (South) Korean Air Force has released a hilarious parody of Les Miserables they call “Les Militaribles.” After only a week, the video has picked up an amazing 3 million views as it makes the rounds on Facebook. For Koreans to put

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