Van Houtryve Talks North Korea

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.

(c) Tomas van Houtryve / Panos Pictures

(c) Tomas van Houtryve / Panos Pictures


  1. Rood Petje says:

    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……

  2. seb says:

    Great great work! Go ahead Tom!

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