Nim by Hyeonwoo Lee
Release date: April 2025
Published and distributed by Dashwood Books
First edition
Zine, 20 pages
Dimensions: 5.25 x 8 inches

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"In Korean, NIM is a term of respect added after a person’s title or name. A whisper in the dark, a trace left behind—NIM is a meditation on the ephemeral, where memory and presence dissolve into light and shadow. Captured in the same place, at the same time, under natural light, each image is shaped not only by the presence of different subjects but also by the subtle shifts in atmosphere—where even the light itself is never truly the same. 

This work does not seek to document but to evoke—to summon quiet echoes of what was, what could have been, and what lingers just beyond reach. The natural light, though seemingly constant, shifts with the weather, softening or sharpening, casting long shadows or diffusing into a quiet glow. It touches each subject differently, transforming familiar spaces into something transient and unrepeatable. 

Each frame exists in a delicate tension between intimacy and mystery, between revelation and concealment. Time unravels in layered moments, threading together fragments of identity, longing, and impermanence. Like a half-remembered dream, the images resist fixation, inviting the viewer to drift, to lose themselves in the spaces between. 
Hyeonwoo Lee embraces ambiguity, allowing light, texture, and absence to shape meaning rather than dictate it. It does not follow a singular narrative but instead offers a sequence of fleeting impressions and quiet murmurs, where interpretation is left open and ever-changing. 

It is less a statement than a lingering resonance—one that fades, returns, and remains unanswered. " —HL. 





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