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Ryu, DongHyeok

RED Sea   2022

From a distance, the sea was calm.

But as I moved closer, it changed—

waves rising like demons,

threatening to consume.

This work began in that moment,

when I saw my wounds reflected in the red surf.

Red: for blood, for pain, for the warning I couldn’t voice.

The trembling in my hands became the trembling in the image.

By entering the sea,

I entered myself—

and through that confrontation,

I began to heal.

These photographs are not a retreat from pain,

but a way of standing inside it.

I hope they offer a space

for others to look at their wounds without shame,

and perhaps, to begin again.