{"product_id":"tickets-by-ji-uk-kim","title":"Tickets by JI UK KIM","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSelf-published 2025 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eHardcover, 120 pages, 111 images, 175 x 235 mm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIn a limited edition of 200 copies \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eISBN 978-3-00-083985-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/keemgeewook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ekeemgeewook.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/keemgeewook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e@keemgeewook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhotographer’s note.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e2025 marks exactly ten years since I arrived in Berlin. To commemorate this milestone, I have created my first photo book, compiling works from the past five years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTickets from the last five years. A collection of personal moments when, leaving my base in Berlin, I encountered unexpected experiences that struck me with strong visual interest. More than simple snapshots, these are moments when I pressed the shutter compelled by a sense of necessity at the time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTo make this book, I took countless flights, and selecting the title and curating the images involved extensive reflection and care. Still, I hope you’ll enjoy this book with a slightly loose, relaxed gaze. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the title.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e“Tickets take you somewhere, without that somewhere necessarily being a holiday. Where you go and why remains open. It isn’t too cute, nor is it too programmatic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe word also has a pleasing rhythm — something percussive in its T-, K-, and S-sounds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe name could refer both to the tickets that took you somewhere to photograph, and to the photos as tickets themselves, a window to a place to be looked at. The directionality inherent in both photography (you’re allowed to see this, but not what surrounds it) and tickets (they grant access to one specific thing or event) makes the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eword resonate as a title for a photo book.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eUnlike the photos I’m commissioned to take, these are the ones I commissioned myself to make — and this investment in my own ‘vision,’ if you will, feels essential to me, a part of my photography worth preserving within the pages of a book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e--------------------------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eGreece (Agistri, Athens)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ePortugal (Lisbon, Sintra) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eGreece (Milos, Athens)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSpain (Mallorca)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFrance(Marseille, Fontaine du Vaucluse, Cassis)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eItaly (Bari, Polignano a mare, Ostuni)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e2024 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eGreece (Corfu)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eItaly (Catania, Siracusa, Isola Bella, Lampedusa)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eItaly (Pisa, Palermo)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMorocco (Merzouga)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Safelight Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53472178602248,"sku":"978-3-00-083985-6","price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1713\/2215\/files\/42444-Tickets_Ji-Uk-Kim-1_0938de92-1edf-4bf8-8aab-d2fac2369eeb.webp?v=1773243217","url":"https:\/\/safelightberlin.com\/it\/products\/tickets-by-ji-uk-kim","provider":"Safelight Berlin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}