Bae bien u biography of alberta

South Korean photographer

In this Korean name, the family name is Bae.

Bae Bien-u (born May 22, 1950) is a South Korean photographer.

He is a professor in Seoul Institute of the Arts.^[1]

Early life and career

Bae was born in Suncheon and grew up in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do in 1950, and graduated from Hongik University's College of Arts in 1974 and the graduate school of the same university in 1976.

Renowned as a professional photographer with themes especially concentrated on pine trees, he has become a representative photographer with the reputation of capturing the characteristic sentiments of Korea including the pine trees, oceans and mountains with his camera rather than a brush.^[2]

He became better-known outside of South Korea after selling one of his pine tree photographs to English singer Elton John in 2005.^[3] Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak later gave a collection of Bae's pine tree photographs to U.S.

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