There's a new photographer loose on the streets of Seoul. Her name's Felicia, and she's snappin' people and takin' names. Her blog's called, as you might have surmised from the title above, "This Time in Seoul" and is off to a stellar start!
Well, there are a lot of new blogs these days, right? And in the age of Flickr, everyone's a photographer. But there aren't so many with a natural eye, a background in fashion and the arts, and an instinctive knack for meeting people – interesting and influential folks, who are the best kind. And such is a perfect combination for good bloggin'.
Felicia is relatively new to Seoul, and this is an assist to her eye, rather than a hindrance. And that freshness is not just limited to her choice of subject or framing, but also in the fact that she is constantly just out there, in the streets, shooting interesting stuff in equally interesting places.
For all that can be said about the technical aspects of photography, 90% of it is "just showing up," to paraphrase a popular quip about success. Indeed, as a photographer, 90% is simply having your camera with you at all times. And of course, it's important to keep your eyes open as well. All in all, you're just "on" all the time, which can be exhausting.
But Felicia – who has worked for Gerald Marie in Paris at the Elite Model Management agency, and already inked herself into a book project with someone prominent enough that she asked me not to mention his name yet – is already making great use of her time here in Seoul, and is lighting a fire under this Metropolitician's butt.
Her blog is definitely one to watch – for cool places to go and fresh points of view exposed – for both brand nubians to the Seoul scene, as well as jaded expats. It is very much a breath of fresh air.
