North Korea as you've never seen it before

[Sventek]

This guy captured some great shots - just by asking.

Just Do It! Photographer Aram Pan Goes to North Korea and Creates Virtual 360° Panoramic Tour | THEME

[rod]

LOL. Maybe he should ask to be taken off the tourist track to snap some pics next time 'round.

[Geeza]

would be a very interesting place to visit!

[Heretic]

Nice roads, anyone else notice the lack of cars? you could keep your thou' pinned all the way

[agrid]

I hope Wee Too Lo and Sum Ting Wong have been reading their manuals because I'm heading there next month to talk to some quarantine people. I suggested going via Singapore but something got lost in translation and I'm going via Sydney.

[Rorschach]

I'd love to visit North Korea. I think it'd be such an interesting place to see as that photographer did.

[Roger Explosion]

[ؤlen]

LOL. Maybe he should ask to be taken off the tourist track to snap some pics next time 'round.

This.

[Rips]

Considering the intense adversity these poor devils labour under, can you imagine how powerful they could be with some sort of intelligent leadership, say, a coffee table?
The country manages to look magnificent and bleak at the same time.

[Nine]

These pics still feel a little propaganda ish.

[Nine]

Nice though.

[Sunshine & F'n Rainbows]

LOL. Maybe he should ask to be taken off the tourist track to snap some pics next time 'round.

how_people_go_to_DPRK_jail.txt

**edit: So took a look at the article, that dude is far, far too positive about a country without sanitation, power or food for most of its people.

I suppose if I was "asian enough" to pass for local-ish and spoke the lingo, I'd be very, very nice to them so I could continue shooting in their country too.

Totally unrealistic puff piece. He mentions some apartments remind him of his own home? He's probably got heating, power and a fridge with food in it at his home, which are going to be key differences.


**edit again: Hahaha, it's even better than that. Do a bit more digging and you'll see he is sponsored by Universal Travel Corporation. Guess which country UTC operate tours in? No wonder it's so charming, the dude is full of fucking shit.

These pics still feel a little propaganda ish.

Because they are mate.

[Mr_Mike]

Watched this episode a couple years ago, seems to give a pretty accurate depiction of what life is like there. Not the sugar coated super army stuff u see on the news

[Sventek]

Hmmm. Missed that. Well spotted.

how_people_go_to_DPRK_jail.txt

**edit: So took a look at the article, that dude is far, far too positive about a country without sanitation, power or food for most of its people.

I suppose if I was "asian enough" to pass for local-ish and spoke the lingo, I'd be very, very nice to them so I could continue shooting in their country too.

Totally unrealistic puff piece. He mentions some apartments remind him of his own home? He's probably got heating, power and a fridge with food in it at his home, which are going to be key differences.


**edit again: Hahaha, it's even better than that. Do a bit more digging and you'll see he is sponsored by Universal Travel Corporation. Guess which country UTC operate tours in? No wonder it's so charming, the dude is full of fucking shit.



Because they are mate.

[Sunshine & F'n Rainbows]

Hmmm. Missed that. Well spotted.

I'm just a skeptic

Don't get me wrong, there are great photos in there and I would love to get into North Korea and do some shooting, but that article is a really unfair representation of how regular folks would get treated and the freedom they may have to shoot there, based on everything else I've watched coming out of the place.