HWA UN LEE
I was born in Busan, Korea.
Six years ago, a gas explosion burned my whole body.
I thought the woman's life was over,
so my life was in despair.
Three years after the accident, my friend asked me to travel to Paris, but I refused.
How can I go to Paris in a mess?
But my friend kept asking me to go,
I left Paris with my friend pretending not to win.
Then I picked up the camera for the first time.
My first camera is Ricoh GR2.
At night, I was moved by the car lights.
People on the street, cats on the road,
different sunset from day to day.
Every time I took a picture, I was feeling happy again.
Because I love pictures, I can't speak English well, so I travel to Portugal alone.
I don't know how to speak Japanese, but I travel to Japan alone.
I go to mountain, river, and sea alone.
I am not afraid of the word alone anymore, but rather enjoy it.
Only because of the pictures.
I felt sorry for my whole body full of wounds, so I tried to end my life,
Thanks to the camera, I feel happy again and live better than anyone else.
Photographs are life savers to me.
May the day come when my picture is another consolation to someone in life's crisis