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‘Genderless’ is one of the most significant trends these days. This book is the presentation of the mood of ‘genderless’ in South Korean society. In general, the term of ‘genderless’ is the idea that no boundary exists between men and women. However, my series of photographs shows a different perspective from the norm in terms of Western cultural and societal concepts of ‘genderless’ but rather from a Korean perspective. This series of photographs explores the representation of ‘genderless’ shown by Korean fashion brands – where they cover and conceal the normal ideas around gender and aims to look at the cultural differences in trends and how they could be interpreted in a different way depending on the culture and society you come from. The general idea of genderless is (from my perspective) that there is no difference between male and female, whereas in this photography series the concept is more like the ‘lost’ (sex) identity – could this be gender-neutral (non-binary) or queer? They are presented in a conceptual image with symbolic meaning and I also apply colour theories to create a specific mood in the image. The first chapter is the visual narrative, the essential identity of the overall concept – it is what this work wants to show to the audience. Then, the second chapter leads you to look more into the symbolic imagery and the last chapter is the series of images according to colour theory. The more you look through the chapters, the more you can see that you are becoming immersed in the mood of this collection.
CHAPTER 1.
The GENDER_LESS and LOST...
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What is genderless... Confusion, Lose, and nothing
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COLOUR and THE...
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CHAPTER 3.
I and YOU...THE SYMBOLIC
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