Portfolio

Beom Choi

범초이 · 凡崔

The Artist of Living Lines

Beom Choi is a Korean analog fine-art photographer who records the movement of life as line, working with black-and-white film and darkroom processes.

1961, Seoul
Seoul Institute of the Arts, Department of Photography — inaugural graduating class, 1983

The line is the breath nature leaves behind

Nature is already writing.I only wait for the moment its line begins to breathe.— Beom Choi

Selected Works

Breathing Line

숨의 선16 works · 2008–2026

A photographic exploration of living lines and organic gestures through black-and-white film and traditional darkroom processes.

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #001, 2016, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #001, 2016

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #002, 2014, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #002, 2014

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #003, 2025, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #003, 2025

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #004, 2026, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #004, 2026

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #005, 2021, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #005, 2021

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #006, 2023, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #006, 2023

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #007, 2019, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #007, 2019

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #008, 2011, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #008, 2011

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #009, 2008, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #009, 2008

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #010, 2013, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #010, 2013

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #011, 2018, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #011, 2018

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #012, 2008, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #012, 2008

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #013, 2016, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #013, 2016

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #014, 2022, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #014, 2022

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #015, 2018, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #015, 2018

Beom Choi, Breathing Line #016, 2021, black-and-white film photograph — Breathing Line #016, 2021

Tree Series

Lines in Empty Space7 works · 2002–2007

A body of work that regards trees not as landscape but as a structure of line and empty space — the straight lines of trunks, the curves of branches, and the tension of an emptied ground, recorded on black-and-white film.

Beom Choi, Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #001, 2002, black-and-white film photograph — Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #001, 2002

Beom Choi, Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #002, 2003, black-and-white film photograph — Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #002, 2003

Beom Choi, Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #003, 2002, black-and-white film photograph — Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #003, 2002

Beom Choi, Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #004, 2004, black-and-white film photograph — Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #004, 2004

Beom Choi, Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #005, 2003, black-and-white film photograph — Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #005, 2003

Beom Choi, Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #006, 2006, black-and-white film photograph — Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #006, 2006

Beom Choi, Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #007, 2007, black-and-white film photograph — Tree Series: Lines in Empty Space #007, 2007

Biography

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1993Jangseung: The Face of a People, Fuji Photo Salon, Seoul
1994The Jangseung Gathering, Youngpoong Bookstore Event Hall, Seoul
1995Korean Jangseung and Sotdae, invitational exhibition, Shinsegae Department Store, Seoul
2007Seogin: Stone Figures, invitational exhibition, Hwan Gallery, Seoul
2008A Dialogue with Trees, Mokin Gallery, Seoul
2010Beom Choi: Black-and-White Landscapes, Arto Gallery, Daegu
2023Beom Choi: Photographs, Gallery Mungyeong
2025Beom Choi: Photographs, Mungyeong Cultural Center

Selected Activities

Founding member, Korean Council of National Photographers (under Minyechong)
Active with the Korean Museum Association
Active with the Korean Society of History and Folklore

Collections & Donations

1993Complete works from Jangseung: The Face of a People — National Folk Museum of Korea (gift of the artist)
2007Works from Seogin: Stone Figures — Sejung Old Stone Museum (acquired by purchase)
2010Selected works from A Dialogue with Trees — Hanil High School (part purchase, part gift)

Contact

For exhibition, print, archive, and collaboration inquiries, please contact:

godoosol@hanmail.net

Beom Choi Studio

Mungyeong, Korea

beomchoi.com