Special Exhibition > Exhibitions > Special Exhibition JOHN RICH Photo Exhibition War, the Everyday, and Hope Exhibition Period : 3rd April 2017- Place : First Floor Coridor Price : Free Opening Hours : 9am - 9pm For additional inquiries call : +82-02-3703-9200 Opening Special Exhibition John Rich (American, 1917-2014) arrived in Korea just a week after the Korean War had broken out. He stayed for the full three years of the war, covering what happened as a journalist. He was the only journalist at the time who used color lm. Many of the photos took offer a window into a country at war. Encountering families, children and soldiers living the midst of war, you will be able to re ect precious people around you. As John Rich recollected, ‘it was unbelievable that in such beautiful surroundings, there was a war going on not far away’ You can see how the peaceful every day was transformed into war. You can see the strong will to go on about their daily lives in these photos of the everyday in the midst of war. Through this exhibition, we hope that you see the lives and hopes of people in the midst of war. Photo Exhibition PEOPLE IN THE MIDST OF WAR John Rich(left), standing next to Munsan Station sign with a colleague ROK Soldiers Preparing Dinner Representatives from the UN side at Armistice Talks (July 1951, Gaeseong) Communist Representatives at the Armistice Talks Concert for US soldiers A family near the Gaema Heights and Changjin Lake, South Hamgyong and US marines Children standing in front of Seoul City Hall just recovered from Communist forces, Spring 1951 A market in Seoul WAR AND DESTRUCTION A village on fire after an air strike Artillery installed in front of the old Governor General Building The steel bridge over the Han River one year after it was destroyed to stop the North Korean Army’s advance south The damaged Jang-an Gate of Suwon’s castle Namdaemun, bearing the marks of a street battle CONTINUED THE EVERYDAY AND HOPE A retreating family taking only the bare essentials Mothers at Namdaemun market Gaeseong's Market Children playing A young boy waving List
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