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Borderless
The Magazine
2026
ISBN: 979-11-999042-1-7
Second Edition / 60 copies, numbered
182 × 257 mm, 208 pp.
Exposed Smyth-sewn binding
Chipboard cover 209gsm
Munken Pure Rough 120gsm
Black endpapers 240gsm
Photography / Digital Artwork - Haleen Lee
Book Design - Haleen Lee
The Magazine is a photo-painting series derived from Borderless.
Participants are recruited through social media and selected on whether what they actually wear aligns with the direction of the work. Clothing, hair and make-up are decided entirely by the participant — moving the styling from photographer to subject is what separates this from a commercial shoot. Each is recorded full-length in a chosen location; the shapes and colours produced by the clothing and the body are then extracted and rebuilt as painting.
The final form is sequence. Photograph and derived painting are paired and placed side by side, and images sharing formal resemblance accumulate into a typological record. The figure is not the subject of representation but a carrier for the colour of a place and a moment; the painting does not describe the person, it absorbs the state around them; Holding to continuity, frontality and objectivity, the structure can extend indefinitely as long as there is something to compare.
A method that began in painting is tested by passing through photography and publishing. That is why The Magazine is an extension of Borderless rather than a departure from it.
Participants are recruited through social media and selected on whether what they actually wear aligns with the direction of the work. Clothing, hair and make-up are decided entirely by the participant — moving the styling from photographer to subject is what separates this from a commercial shoot. Each is recorded full-length in a chosen location; the shapes and colours produced by the clothing and the body are then extracted and rebuilt as painting.
The final form is sequence. Photograph and derived painting are paired and placed side by side, and images sharing formal resemblance accumulate into a typological record. The figure is not the subject of representation but a carrier for the colour of a place and a moment; the painting does not describe the person, it absorbs the state around them; Holding to continuity, frontality and objectivity, the structure can extend indefinitely as long as there is something to compare.
A method that began in painting is tested by passing through photography and publishing. That is why The Magazine is an extension of Borderless rather than a departure from it.
The Magazine은 Borderless에서 파생된 사진-회화 연작이다.
소셜미디어를 통해 참여자를 모집하고, 그들이 실제로 입는 옷차림이 작업의 방향과 맞는지 검토한 뒤 선정한다. 의상, 헤어, 메이크업은 모두 참여자 본인이 결정한다 — 연출을 촬영자에게서 참여자에게로 옮기는 이 선택이 상업 화보와의 결정적 차이다. 특정 장소에서 전신을 기록한 뒤, 촬영물 속 의상과 인물이 만드는 형태와 색을 추출해 회화로 재해석한다.
최종 형식은 나열이다. 사진과 그로부터 파생된 회화를 짝지어 나란히 배치하면, 외형상 유사성을 가진 이미지들이 하나의 유형학적 기록으로 묶인다. 인물은 재현의 대상이 아니라 장소와 순간의 색을 옮기는 매개로 기능하며, 회화는 사람을 묘사하지 않고 그를 둘러싼 상태를 흡수한다. 그렇게 연속성, 정면성, 객관성을 유지하는 이 구성은 비교 대상이 존재하는 한 무한히 확장 가능한 형식인 것이다.
회화에서 출발한 방법이 사진과 출판이라는 다른 매체를 통과하며 검증되는 것 — 그것이 The Magazine이 Borderless의 확장인 이유다.
B4 size, C-type Print
188 pages