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First edition of Unseen by Jungjin Lee (2026)

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Hardcover, 10.5×14.5 inches, 102 pages, 56 duotone plates

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This new body of work was all made last year, in Iceland. The specific topographies there provided Lee with what she needed: dramatic vistas capable of carrying the epic literary qualities of her work, the full range of human emotion. They are brooding, fearsome and roar with the supremacy of nature. The landscape, to Lee, is an expression of existential angst and metaphorical musings. Out there is the only subject capable of holding everything thats in here, in us. The Guardian

South Korean artist Jungjin Lees newest imprint, Unseen Works in Iceland, features 56 landscape photographs taken in 2024. Lees distinctive technique, in which she creates prints on traditional mulberry paper, hand painted with emulsion, results in images at once delicate and stark. The sharp contrast between the dark landscapes and the melting snow renders some images nearly abstract, while other subjects rocky peaks, cliffs, valleys and islands show superb detail in their varied, charcoal tones.