북한 - 2014. 10.

Unseen North Korea: American photographers journey through rogue state capturing everything from picnics by the beach to children fixing roads

 

아래 포스팅은 사진작가인 Corey Charton이 2014년 극도로 통제된 북한 전역을 여행하면서

찍은 사진으로 북한의 실상을 생생하게 느낄 수 있는 이미지이다. 

아래에 간단한 그의 설명글을 첨부한다. 

 

The Kaema Plateau, the 'Roof of Korea,' is a stunning, forest-covered highland nestled in such treacherous mountains that it was never taken by the Allies during the Korean War. It's now a truck stop.

As we squatted beside our lunches of kimchi and cold rice, in the distance, almost hidden in the thick mist, a woman sold refreshments in a tarp-covered stall.

A half-dozen older people put down their loads and sat on a weed-covered embankment nearby; they had arrived on foot, even though the nearest town was hours away.

One member of the group, a leathery man, rolled a cigarette and drew the smoke in deeply.

It's quite possible none of them had ever seen an American before.

 

But our presence went unacknowledged. No glances were exchanged. No words were spoken.

We had been granted unprecedented access to see North Korea and travel through places that,

we were told, no foreign journalists and few foreigners had been allowed to see before.

We would drive 2,150 kilometers (1,336 miles) in a country that has barely 25,000 kilometers of road,

and only 724 kilometers of those paved.

By the time we returned to the capital a week later, our Chinese-made Great Wall SUV had

a few new scratches and one less hubcap.