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Photographer Biography
NEWS: LensWork magazine has published two photographs of mine on its issue #85 (Nov-Dec 2009). My photographs appear in 2009 Year-End Gallery, on pages 56 & 57.
NEWS: Four pieces of my photographic images have been juried into ALL MEDIA 2009 SHOW hosted by Irvine Fine Arts Center, California. These photographs will be exhibited from November 20, 2009 to January 16, 2010 at the main gallery of Irvine Fine Arts Center. To commemorate this event, I set up temporary folder and put those selected images there.
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Born and educated in South Korea. Resident of Los Angeles County, California, since 1983.
My formal name is Byong-Ho Kim. "Brad" is the name I received from an American friend twenty five years ago.
As a boy, I loved fine arts. I studied painting for a number of years, showing my works at the exhibitions. Although becoming an artist was my dream, I ended up majoring in business and economics, and lived the life of a corporate employee.
Retiring from my corporate career in 1997, I began to see the world with refreshed eyes. My passion for the arts came back. I became serious in photography, attending monthly meetings of the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Camera Committee. I learned the basics of photography at New York Institute of Photography, and started my journey to become a fine art photographer, studying the works of master photographers at museums and libraries.
Among many great photographers, I am inspired especially by following masters: Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Paul Strand, Minor White, Wynn Bullock, Ruth Bernhard, Andre Kertesz, Josef Sudek, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edouard Boubat, Jerry Uelsmann, Michael Kenna, Intae Kim, Sally Mann, Keith Carter.
I approach my subjects with respect, care, and affection. I endeavor to make a deeper connection between myself and the subject and try to convey that connection through the images.
My ultimate goal is to reach the hearts of viewers.
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