JI YEO @ Baxter St at the Camera Club of NY

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JI YEO @ Baxter St at the Camera Club of NY

April 27th, 2015 by fstop

JI YEO : It Will Hurt A Little
April 30 – May 16, 2015

Opening Reception April 30, 2015 | 6 – 8pm

he It Will Hurt A Little project introduces interiors of plastic surgery clinics in Seoul. The lens explores clinics from luxurious receptions to employee-only zones-all while the clinic is empty, with no patients in the building except in recovery rooms. For over a decade, Ji Yeo has witnessed the plastic surgery industry in South Korea grow dramatically. Like many Koreans, her interest in cosmetic surgery began at a young age, with a desire to have procedures done on herself. Since then, cosmetic surgery has come to be treated more as a necessary routine than as a carefully considered option. South Koreans now have more plastic surgery than any other nation in the world, with more than one in five South Korean women having had cosmetic work done. In a global industry of tens of millions of procedures worth tens of billions of dollars per year, South Korea is a global hub. And it’s growing fast: according to the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, the number of people traveling to Korea for medical tourism is approaching 300,000 per year, and is still growing at a staggering yearly rate of 30%.

Baxter St at the Camera Club of NY | 126 Baxter Street | New York | NY | 10013

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