Very little escapes the borders of North Korea without the approval of the government that keeps them shut away from the world. Whatever we can see, whether government approved or not, provides a tantalizing look at a forbidden land.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago is whetting our appetites with their display, “North Korean Perspectives,” which combines officially-released photos with those taken by international journalists that offers another perspective.
“We have to try and make up our own minds about a country eager to do that for us,” Marc Prüst, the show’s curator, wrote in an essay about the show. “A photograph can be a vehicle for a lie, but change the context of that picture, and it can reveal something of the truth it wants to hide.”
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