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Argus Paul Estabrook

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About Argus Paul Estabrook

I’m a Korean American lens-based artist living in the greater Seoul metro area. My work combines a documentary approach with a fine art sensibility, often drawing on street photography to explore personal and cultural narratives rooted in Korean life. I hold an MFA in Studio Arts and am an alumnus of the Eddie Adams Workshop.

My work has been recognized by the Magnum Photography Awards, Sony World Photography Awards, LensCulture, and the British Journal of Photography, and was exhibited in the Aperture Summer Open: On Freedom. I’ve been selected three times as a Critical Mass Top 50 photographer by Photolucida.

In 2021, I received 1st place in Life Framer’s Street Life Award, judged by Bruce Gilden. In 2022, I was awarded 1st place in the Miami Street Photography Festival’s International Series category and named Street Photographer of the Year by the Paris International Street Photography Awards.

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  • Reflections Inside the Seoul Metro
    Argus Paul Estabrook
    With the keen eye of a street photographer, Argus Paul Estabrook captures a world of black-and-white abstractions and kaleidoscopic views of commuters in the Seoul metro system. 
  • Losing Face: Inside the Fall of South Korea’s President
    Argus Paul Estabrook
    Over the past year, South Korea was rocked by political scandal, resulting in the ousting of disgraced president Park Geun-hye. A Korean-American photographer takes us inside this historic moment with his stirring, visually distinctive images.
  • Taking to Heart
    Argus Paul Estabrook
    Time slows, flexes, expands, and dwindles in Thailand after the death of the country’s monarch—a historic moment revealed through wide-ranging portraits of Bangkok’s citizens.
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