- Overview
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This photo essay is about the value of life that a famous photographer Ham Cheolhun has found in his daily life.
- Book Intro
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The photographs and essays produced by Ham reflect his insights about the beauty in ordinary life, life wisdom, passion for life, and warm care for the world.
Surprised by Joy—Impatient as the Wind is composed of the things we love or the things we cannot help but love, such as those things that show endless beauty, glittering roads in the sunlight, days with the shining memories and every moment of life, which are all captured through the author's unique insight and affection. The universe residing in a flower, emotional touch by a tree, adventures for life, and a heart that cares about neighborhoods are described in his book. These are things you can see only when you try to look carefully at the deepest parts of them because numerous unsaid stories are hidden inside them.
Readers will encounter the pleasure, happiness, love, and dreams of the author through ordinary stories of life.
- About the Author
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Ham Cheolhun
Ham Cheolhun is the representative of an international NGO called the Visual Worship Institute (VWI). For this job, Ham traveled around the world, especially to remote areas. As a photographer for World Vision and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), he visited Africa, Central, and South America, Cambodia, Mongolia, India, etc. and delivered hope to poor and underprivileged people through photos. Now, Ham has moved to Mongolia International University and is teaching young people from various countries in Central Asia.
Books written by Ham include The Invisible Hand and Humanities Seen through Photos. With his photos, Ham Cheolhun won the grand prize at the Interaction Contest, also referred to as a sort of UN General Assembly of the NGOs, in 2006.
