Winter of 1956-57 Korea Photo

Photographer’s Note

During the winter of 1956-57 I was in Korea as a lieutenant in the Turkish Brigade. I had my Leica and I carried it most of the time. This picture was taken on a very cold but sunny day which also happened to be a holiday. Hence the colorful dresses which can be seen on the children. This village was not too far from our compound and I always enjoyed to go and take pictures of the local people and houses. Unfortunately there was nothing left when I revisited the place in 2003.
This is a Kodachrome 64 which has retained it's colors and brigtness and has shown no defects so far after 50 years.

bubu, alekpet, PixelTerror, besnard, bantonbuju, Tezic, nwoehnl, DownUnder, cengiz, don_narayan, coco, Albrecht, vagabondtravels, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

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alekpet (4659) 2006-02-10 4:02

Hi izzet, my neighbour for the day.

This is probably the oldest picture I've seen on TE.
I couldn't beleive it is taken almost 50 years back and it looks sooooo goood. Great compo with the icycles and the colourful children. Fantastic document, I hope somebody looks at hours on TE in 50 years.

Aleks

bubu (808) 2006-02-10 4:06

izzet bey;
yeni calismalarinizdan ziyade boyle bizim portakalda vitamin oldugmuz donemlere ait calismalarinizi gormek hakikaten cok guzel..
ellerinize saglik..

markstaples (15670) 2006-02-10 4:15

Superb shot, nicely framed by the icicles. Excellent composition. The inclusion of the people is a nice touch.
Mark

PixelTerror (86839) 2006-02-10 4:18

Hi Izzet,
I always love to see your Korea oldies, they look so true and vivid, even after all these years, they really impress me. Quality of this one is no exception, especially looking at the stalactites being so pin sharp, the whole view is very luminous thanks to snow and ice, deep up to the two styles of houses, I'm wondering what the children were thinking about your activities...
I heard you'll be moving around quite much in the coming weeks, enjoy your trips to Venezia and Geneva !
Jean-Yves

ozaydin (618) 2006-02-10 4:20

Hi Mr Keribar,
This picture is a documentary and its amazing that it was protected for half a century. I would like to see the colorful dressed children a bit closer, maybe so that I could see their faces.
Congratulations...
Ozaydin.

besnard (31064) 2006-02-10 4:40

Bonjour Izze
Belle présentation de la vie quotidienne. Jolie luminosité sur ce village enneigé.
Merci pour le partage.
Amicalement
Nicole

Manguy (138) 2006-02-10 4:58

The photo is hesitating between the landscape or descriptive photo and the souvenir snapshot. In the last case, the group of children is too far from the camera, and in the first case, it would be better that they were playing or passing but not looking towards the camera.

bantonbuju (48796) 2006-02-10 5:11

merhaba izzet,
an outstanding quality of the image considering when it was taken;
and a beautiful composition, seems like the heavy snow was nothing surprising there;
very nice work,
jerzy

Tezic (16927) 2006-02-10 5:56

1956-57 !!!... ben doğmadan 1-2 yıl önce.... ilk fotoğrafla tanışmam heralde 1964-65 senelerinde siyah-beyaz fotoğrafla olmuştur... hatırlaması bile güç !!... siz o yıllarda renkli film ve Kore'den böyle bir çalışmayla, o günler için bence harika bir kompozisyonu bizle paylaşıyorsunuz... ne diyebilirimki !!...
sadece o günler için eminim "fantastic" olarak nitelemek, bu gün için bile tekniği açısından mükemmel demekten başka ....
sevgi ve saygılarımla,
coşkun teziç

nwoehnl (120) 2006-02-10 6:01

Amazing photo, Izzet - and again one that is more than 10 years older than I am. Beautiful to see this vivid colors, and a nice framing with the diagonal roofline from which the icicles are hanging. Fine blend of man-made and natural elements in the winter setting, and a charming add provided by the colorfully dressed children (I wonder what they would say if they could see this photo today, almost 50 years later).

DownUnder (1177) 2006-02-10 7:25

İzzet bey, tam anlamıyla harika bir fotoğraf, 50 sene önce böyle bir eser ortaya çıkartabilmek gurur verici olmalı. Ustalığınız seneler öncesinden belliymiş, Subaylığı neden seçmiş olduğunuzu merak ettim..
Saygılar
Alaettin Kırman

danyy (69447) 2006-02-10 8:01

Bonjour Izzet,
extraordnaire photo, tu as bien chois l'endroit d'où tu la prenais, sous les stalagtites.
un cdarge parfait et de bons réglages de lumières.
Un clin d'oeil sur un hiver que nous ne connaissons pas beaucoup, l'hiver coréen.
Excellent week-end.
Daniel.

cengiz (3581) 2006-02-10 11:32

bu fotografa kritik yazmak haddimize mi dusmus...

don_narayan (2014) 2006-02-10 12:08

Merhaba Izzet. Wonderful photo, the colors are superb, the composition is great too, with the ice and straw framing. great photography for 50 years, something to be proud of.

Narayan

coco (28122) 2006-02-10 18:28

Hi Izzet.
1956!!!!
Really good. And after so long time, is even more important.

Thanks for share.

everlasting (10940) 2006-02-10 18:40

Amazing?
Composition, colour, dtail clarity, the fact that it remains so good after 50 years, that you were there 50 years ago, need I go on., thank you Izzet you are great to have on TE always an interesting shot.

BAKO (1683) 2006-02-10 20:14

Omg date taken 1960?
wow
it means these children around 55 yo now :)

this is really great.
Thanks for sharin' my master.

dsolarov (422) 2006-02-13 19:19

Hi Izzet,
I am amazed with this photo, especially after I read the note. The quality is at par with any todays digital photo. And to have such a document of past times here on TE is wonderful. I can also compliment you on the composition & framing the scene with icicles.
Dragana

Albrecht (11219) 2006-02-15 11:24

Hi Izzet
Lovely and beautiful landscape and kids. You have chosen a great POV and the picture is beautiful.
take care Albrecht

vagabondtravels (6115) 2006-02-27 4:33

Beautiul preservation of history.

javierdenavea (608) 2006-12-06 16:33

Lovely light and nice contrast: I have just ordered 5 rolls of Kodachrome 64 from mailshoots.co.uk

Best regards,
Javier

ChrisJ (70443) 2007-01-28 3:29

Hi izzet

I live not far from Uijongbu, & have caught the #32 bus from Geomchon a few times to Uijeongbu Bukbu train station. You wouldn't recognise the place today. (417,915 people) The new VAL rail line going north from Uijeongbu Bukbu to ? (I forgot the name of the town, but it starts with a Y), should be open by 2011.

http://tour.pajuro.net/common/english/index.htm

http://www.ui4u.net/english/

I've seen similar weather to this with icicles & snow, in the past month or 2, but no blue skies. Cheers!

dilane (10289) 2008-01-17 4:46

Hi Izzet
J'aime beaucoup cette composition qui nous permet de voir "large" et ainsi d'avoir un bel aperçu de l'habitat et de son environnement - Ces stalactites forment une jolie guirlande lumineuse, et les habits des enfants ajoutent une note colorée - bien vu - good shot
best regards
daniel