Thanks to our good friend “G” (www.accordingtog.com) we are now in the world of Seoul born Suitman Young Kim. The artisty and passion of his photography and film work is immediately evident to anyone who sees it. To explain such a rich artist is not possible, hence it is more fitting to let him describe himself:
As my adolescence and early adulthood was spent in the U.S., my identity became Asian-American. Two cultures in one skin, neither fitting. I considered myself to be American-as did any blind person I encountered. But sighted people could not accept me as culturally American. My next job-induced relocation took me back to Asia. As an Asian in Japan, I expected my face to ease my acceptance into the modern physical society. However, I found my alienation on a par with that which I experienced in America, only in the reverse. My face fit, my persona did not. Suitman is the manifestation, in a physical, plastic form, of this lifelong alienation.
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