Photos by Ye Rin Mok.

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Photos by Ye Rin Mok. Los Angeles.

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Photographer Ye Rin Mok sent me her beautiful little zine called Ichikawadaimon, which is the name of a rural town in Japan.

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I recently discovered the photography of Ye Rin Mok, who has shot for the likes of Anthen, Nylon, Tokion, Theme, Spin, Monocle, and the list really does go on. Looking through Mok’s portfolio I discovered a large number of the photos in which the subject is actually facing away from the camera. I found the gallery jarring, and really quite powerful.

I took a class in art school called Vision, Perception and Science and we learned that there is a little sensor in the brain that is constantly looking for faces. This is why the bumper and headlights on a car look like a smiling face, and also why there is such tension in these photos. There are no faces in these portraits. VIEW THE FULL POST —►