In modern, spare and elegant portraiture, artist Cindy Hwang (CYJO) highlights the diversity, identity and immigration of the global kyopo, people of Korean descent that reside outside of the Korean Peninsula, seven million strong. Through her singular lens, CYJO seeks to unify these people and challenge the idea of the stereotypical Korean ©migr©. The photographs, coupled with words from kyopo themselves, challenge the idea of a monolithic, 'authentic' Korean identity.
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In modern, spare and elegant portraiture, artist Cindy Hwang (CYJO) highlights the diversity, identity and immigration of the global kyopo, people of Korean descent that reside outside of the Korean Peninsula, seven million strong. Through her singular lens, CYJO seeks to unify these people and challenge the idea of the stereotypical Korean ©migr©. The photographs, coupled with words from kyopo themselves, challenge the idea of a monolithic, 'authentic' Korean identity.