Johsel Namkung, A Retrospective | by Cosgrove Editions

“My photography is very strongly based on music. I think photography is the reflection of things which already exist
in their own right, but they need an artist so that they may be fully seen and understood by man.”
“The artist, Namking believes, observes the essence of things and finds beauty in the most mundane.
Creative execution is like performing music on stage.”
Ronald Holden, Cross Public Media
“I find almost every time, when I see something, I always see melodic lines and counterbalancing forces,
weight and harmony. So my photographs could always be interpreted through musical forms.”
“At his best, he's simultaneously a minimalist and a maximalist: busy yet serene,
obsessively detailed yet utterly transparent in his vision.”
Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times
“I like to give my viewers questions, not answers. Let them find beauty in the most mundane things,
like roadside wildflowers and tumbled weeds.”

Published by Cosgrove Editions, Johsel Namkung • A Retrospective is a collection of one hundred
exquisite images selected from a remarkable career in photography spanning six decades.

Bound in luxurious Chinese silk, this magnificent book is reproduced using state of the art
ultra high resolution printing, as befits the intricate detail of Johsel’s images.