North Korea - by Tomas Van Houtryve

The photographs in Tomas van Houtryve’s exhibition were taken in 2007 and 2008, during two trips to North Korea, the country with the most impenetrable totalitarian regime in the world. Posing as an industrialist, the artist was able to visit and discretely photograph scenes previously undocumented by a Western photographer. Despite being monitored at every moment and subjected to interrogation by government minders, his photos offer a rare peek inside this starkly isolated country.


Tomas Van Houtryve, North Korea : The Secret Nation, 2008 / Food For Your Eyes from Food For Your Eyes on Vimeo.