Seoul City to Exhibit 30,000 Photos Online Showcasing 25 Years of Cityscapes
[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 24th that it will publicly exhibit 30,000 photos capturing 25 years of Seoul's landscape through an online exhibition. Since 1995, Seoul has been conducting a landscape documentation project every five years to record the city's appearance, completing the 6th phase (2015?2020) last year.
Seoul, as the capital, is a city transformed through rapid growth from the Joseon Dynasty to the present, where historical layers coexist dramatically. Through the landscape documentation project, photo materials capturing about 80 major landscape points (standard landscapes), thematic spatial appearances, and citizens' lifestyles have been collected, accumulating a total of over 30,000 photos to date.
In this sixth landscape documentation project, major landscape documentation targets were derived through big data analysis, and drones were deployed to capture over 5,000 records (photo collections) in locations difficult to photograph, distinguishing this project from previous ones.
Considering the COVID-19 situation, Seoul prepared an online exhibition. The exhibition allows viewers to explore the past and present of about 80 representative standard landscapes of Seoul. Additionally, the 30,000 photo materials can be searched and utilized for research, education, and more. There is also a category delivering stories about Seoul's landscapes and news about contests. This exhibition and materials can be viewed as the "Seoul Landscape Archive."
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Lee Jeong-hwa, Director of the Urban Planning Bureau, stated, "This exhibition is especially meaningful as it actively provides citizens with materials accumulated over 25 years," adding, "We planned the exhibition to offer healing and hope to citizens weary from the COVID-19 pandemic through Seoul's beautiful landscapes and to create a space for empathy through the collection and utilization of individual photographic works."
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