Events

사진 X 진실
Picture X Truth
POY Asia 2023 Exhibition

2 Aug 2023(Wed) — 22 Sep 2023(Fri)

MAF, 5F, T&S Bldg.
33, Seoae-ro, Jung-gu,
Seoul, Korea 04623

Wed – Fri 13:00 – 18:00

T. +82 2 3444 7178

POY Asia is proud to present its second exhibition in Seoul, South Korea.

Featuring 43 prints as well as a looped slide presentation of all the winning works from POY Asia 2023, the show at Mindful Art Forum(MAF) will run August 2 to September 22.

Most of you would have remembered that the inaugural POY Asia show was at the same gallery last summer.

We are grateful to HP for its generous sponsorship of the prints and mounts.

Most importantly, we could not have done this without the persistence and leadership of Dr Suejin Shin, MAF director and a judge for POY Asia 2021.

MAF is conveniently located in the arty district of Chungmuro, considered by many to be the birthplace of Korean cinema. It is not far from the Instagram-friendly Myeongdong shopping district but yet independent enough to have its own character. The proximity to several tertiary campuses gives Chungmuro a very youthful outlook. Last but certainly not least, this is also Seoul’s equivalent of a photographic district where you will find lots of film cameras. If you need a place to eat or drink after visiting our exhibition, just ask any of the staff at the gallery.

If you are not able to make it to Seoul, you can still enjoy the exhibition by downloading the guide.

Show truth with a camera
POY Asia 2022 Exhibition

2022. 7. 13(Wed) – 9. 3(Sat)
MAF, 5F, T&S Bldg.
33, Seoae-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul,
Korea 04623

Wed – Sat 13:00 – 18:00

T. +82 2 3444 7178

Hosted by LAMPLAB

Organized by MAF, POY Asia

Official Program by POY International,
University of Missouri-RJI

Sponsored by HP Korea

POY Asia is proud to announce that the first-ever POY Asia exhibition has opened at the Mindful Art Forum(MAF), a private gallery in Seoul, South Korea. The exhibition will run from July 13 to September 3, 2022.

The exhibition is a result of the hard work by Suejin Shin, a POY Asia judge in 2021 and the Director of LAMPLAB, who was suitably impressed with the works she saw and our direction after judging the inaugural competition to start exploring this possibility last year.

Founded in 1944 by University of Missouri Professor Cliff Edom, POY’s initial exhibit was entitled “The First Annual Fifty-Print Exhibition of New and Feature Pictures”.

In honor of Edom’s first exhibit, the inaugural POY Asia exhibition features 50 award-winning images from the POY Asia 2022 competition.

As part of the opening, a forum titled “The truth revealed by photojournalism and documentary photography in our era” was held at the gallery on July 12, 2022.

When we created POY Asia, we made a pledge that we will not just be about a competition; and that education and robust exchange are necessary for our profession to grow.

It is a well-proven fact that there are more visual storytelling talents in Asia than publicly acknowledged. We at POY Asia believe we have both responsibility and opportunity to help bring more stories and talents to the spotlight.

We hope that in years to come, POY Asia Presents will become a gathering to look forward to.