Koreatown Dreaming - Stories & Portraits of Korean Immigrant Life

"A successful self-published project, now in a new and expanded trade package, Koreatown Dreaming offers readers an intimate look into the lives of shopkeepers and small business owners in Los Angeles Koreatown. A touching homage to Korean immigrants everywhere, this book will resonate with the growing audience of people interested in Korean culture"--

About the author

Emanuel Hahn (he/him) is a Los Angeles-based commercial and documentary photographer/director. As a Korean Third Culture Kid growing up in Singapore and Cambodia, he developed an interest in storytelling, especially on topics of identity, culture, diasporic experiences and the question of what it means "to belong." His deep observational and listening abilities have led him to tell the stories of coffee farmers in Colombia, Chinese grocery store owners in the Mississippi Delta, and the Korean Uzbeks in Brooklyn, among others. His work has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Atlantic, The Guardian, and more. He lives in Los Angeles, California. 

Summary

Explore and celebrate Korean culture in America through photographs and interviews by award-winning photographer Emanuel Hahn.

Foreword

Explore and celebrate Korean culture in America through photographs and interviews by award-winning photographer Emanuel Hahn.

Product details

• Authors: Emanuel Hahn
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.10.2023
• EAN: 9780762484584
• ISBN: 978-0-7624-8458-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 234 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 1020 g
• Illustrations: 120 full-color photographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Korea, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, Asian History, Photographs: Portraits, Photography: portraits and self-portraiture