Every Step Held A Story

• Prize
  Bronze in Analog/Fine Art
• Photographer
  Jin Hyeong Choi, Korea, Republic of
• Date of Photograph
  In 2025
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/jhc.pic

This series traces anonymous bodies passing through transitional spaces. Blurred silhouettes, fragmented limbs, and overlapping figures are rendered not as portraits, but as residues of movement. Shot on grainy black-and-white film with a slow shutter, the images echo the unstable texture of memory: never fixed, never fully visible. Walking becomes a quiet form of disappearance, leaving behind rhythm, hesitation, and the faint evidence of having passed.

Choi Jin-Hyeong is a Korean photographer working with both digital and analog film. His work focuses on simple structures, space, and quiet scenes, often reducing elements to their minimum. Influenced by his studies in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Inha University, he approaches photography in a structured and controlled way. He mainly works on landscapes and built environments where activity has faded but traces remain. He is a Canon Korea Good Creator and has received recognition at TIFA and IPA.

Awards TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards), 2025, Non - Professional
Bronze Winner: Fine Art – Minimalism
Bronze Winner: Analog / Film – Architecture
Honorable Mention: Analog / Film – Fine Art (2 awards)

IPA (International Photography Awards), 2025, Non - Professional
Honorable Mention: Analog / Film – Fine Art (2 awards)
Honorable Mention: Analog / Film – Portrait
Honorable Mention: Fine Art – Architecture

Selected: 2025 Korea Weather and Climate Photo/Contents Contest
Selected: 2025 Korea Tourism Photo Contest (Digital Camera Category)