Van Houtryve Talks North Korea

Jun 10, 2009 by Matt Lutton 2 Comments »

Last week we had a look at Tomas van Houtryve’s brilliant and cunning pull-back-the-curtain look at North Korea called “Secrets and Lies”. Via his blog today I found this interview with the BBC World Service (which is playing today, I suppose. He also mentions it will only be available for 7 days) where he discusses his new worldwide project about the few remaining communist states Comrades Revisited and the methods (and reasoning) he used to photograph in a new way in North Korea. Have a listen, it is the first segment.

Tags: bbc, interview, north korea, panos pictures, Tomas van Houtryve
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Rood Petje says:

June 15, 2009 at 9:19 pm

Groeten uit Noord-Korea…

Als het ergens lastig is om als buitenlander binnen te komen, laat staan als Westerse fotojournalist te fotograferen, dan is het wel Noord-Korea. Een land met een enorme dictatuur en stijf van de……
seb says:

January 7, 2010 at 1:04 pm

Great great work! Go ahead Tom!

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