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Jeju is doing well
Jeju is doing well
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Book Introduction
Umji Photo Studio, a photographer who records the times
Bringing every moment of Jeju to you

Umji Photo Studio has arrived in Jeju, an island loved by Koreans and always missed.
However, I decided to stay and not leave as a traveler but as a resident.
Umji Photo Studio is an artist who has captured the hearts of the public with his emotional and sensual photos.
By following the author's uniquely warm and peaceful gaze, you can experience the daily lives and corners of Jeju that cannot be discovered through travel.
It also helps us better understand why people love Jeju and want to visit it at any time.


Everyday life is like a journey and travel is like everyday life.
There are people who live their daily lives in the places they travel to.
Perhaps that's why I feel like life in Jeju is particularly closely connected to travel and daily life.
Therefore, "Jeju is fine" will show you how important it is to live your life as yourself between everyday life and travel.
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prolog

Chapter 1: Misunderstanding Before Understanding

Always in front of new changes
The twelve busy months of winter
Voluntary Jeju life
Are you doing well?
Until I can say it with a smile
Memories of Film
After it passes
To create my own today
It's nice to live in Seoul
A good place to stay for a month
A beautiful person's place is also beautiful.

Chapter 2: The Aesthetics of Slowness

And back to Jeju
I was obsessed with relationships as much as a hot summer day.
Alone, for the first time
On Laziness
My own place
I'm busy and relaxed
Year's tax
It started in Samdo-dong
Pyo Seon-ri, don't drift
You have to learn how to rest when camping.
Completed habit
How to eat food deliciously
The country is a forest
problem-solving skills
About slowness
Daily Record

Chapter 3 I become you and us

One winter
The person leaving, the person left behind
Alone but not alone 1
Alone but not alone 2
One and two
Gosan-ri Guesthouse
That summer's birthday
Where the heart resides
The hot summer night is gone and all that's left is me
I'll be back again
Social Media Distancing
How to have a frank conversation
It's comfortable, you

Chapter 4 Always Good Times

Towards better times
Even if it's awkward, it's not awkward
Master of my life
I can't swim, but I live in Jeju.
Growing being
One day in October
In a foreign country
A connection of the times
But fortunately
A heart that doesn't melt away
There's still a lot I want to do
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Into the book
My family told me to come back to Seoul because everything was fine.
But I was sure that I would regret it if I went back.
I guess I'm the kind of person who regrets as easily as eating.
So I decided to try again.
I decided to stay here for two more years and do what I wanted to do.
I slowly wrote down the things I wanted to do one by one.
It was at that moment that the salaried worker who had been receiving a regular salary decided to become a freelancer.
--- p.28.
From "Voluntary Jeju Life"

Ironically, this busy and tiring day is a happy one.
Just get ready for summer.
I am grateful that I am moving forward happily and I promise to not lose my humility.
I decided to think about how to capture each guest in a photo and capture their unique atmosphere.
I decide not to dwell on the past, hate the people in the past, and get stuck in the moment.
--- p.35 From "Are you doing well?"

At least I hope I'm happy.
I hope to become an expert who is not lacking in what I do.
But sometimes I want to go astray too.
I worry about what will happen if the task that needs to be completed today becomes too difficult.
Either try a little harder and be a little less relaxed, or try a little less and be a little more relaxed.
What do other people choose to live by?

--- p.47 From “To Create My Own Today”

Worry begets worry.
After worrying about getting a job and getting a job, other worries like dating and marriage arose.
Still, looking back, it was a truly great moment.
Because the results were good, it seems like the past is beautifully beautified.
In the days to come, let's just move forward with a 'it could be like that' mindset, with a complicated mind if our hearts are complicated.
It's not even puberty, but it's puberty.
--- p.74 From "As Obsessed with Relationships as a Hot Summer Day"

As I get older, it becomes harder to reveal myself to others.
People who don't fit in are more clearly visible than people who fit in, and I become picky about even the smallest things in order to protect myself.
But humans grow by communicating and forming relationships.
Even though we like being alone, and even though we spend most of our time alone, we are people who need people.
I truly realized the value of friends and people after I became completely alone.
People live as people.
It's about enduring as a human being.
--- p.161 From “Alone but Not Alone 2”

Sometimes, emotional writings can hurt someone.
Sometimes honesty cuts deep.
There was a time when I thought honesty was my weapon of protection.
But as I came to realize that humans are easily hurt and can hurt others, I learned that there is a limit to honesty.
--- p.184 From "Social Media Distancing"

I am here doing my own thing and I hope that those who have been concerned about my well-being will be well too.
--- p.221 From "In a Foreign Land"
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Publisher's Review
From Seoul to Jeju
Standing up for myself in Jeju


What does it mean to be an islander? Leaving behind the comforts of city life, once familiar, and becoming a resident overnight wasn't easy.
Even on Jeju Island, the island of dreams, it is not easy to break away from your old way of life and adapt to a new one.
How could I give up the McDonald's and Starbucks franchises and forget the convenience of being able to reach anywhere at any time?
Yes, that's right.
When the author first started living in Jeju, he strongly believed that Jeju was more of a place to stop by than a place to stay.
But as time passes by in Jeju, I learn the value of slowness over the convenience of speed.
Slowness is quiet and meticulous, so nothing is easily overlooked.
It makes me think about things I've never thought about before.
It makes you worry about things that may seem trivial to others and are not even grandiose.
Things like, 'How do I have fun today?'
But when you actually think about that question, you start to wonder why you never thought about such an important thing before.
What's the point of living? Just live at your own pace, enjoyably and comfortably.
The author, who had been running forward without knowing how to properly rest, stops for a moment, looks around, and catches his breath.
Because I realized that I could move forward more vigorously that way.


Than where it is
How it is is important


Still, sometimes I hesitated and it was difficult.
The author, who was accustomed to the concept of monthly rent or jeonse, had to get used to paying annual rent in Jeju, and had to separate trash on a specific day of the week.
If I got sick, I would drive to the hospital for at least 30 minutes, and adjusting to living alone for the first time was more difficult than living in Jeju.
Is there any reason to continue despite such hardship? Is it worth it? Countless anxieties and doubts sprouted in the author's mind.
I missed my family and friends so much that I told them to come back too.
But the author didn't do that.
I decided to try to be brave.
Every time he faltered, the relationships he made in Jeju encouraged him.
As the days that were just hard became a week, a month, and then a year, I was able to gradually find my center.
Instead of the depression of having failed, a sense of accomplishment began to rise.
That's why life is meaningful.
Because I don't know which direction it will go.

Why Umji Photo Studio is loved
Because I give love to people


The photos from Umji Photo Studio have consistently been loved by many people.
The reason is probably because of the warm emotions felt from the author's perspective.
The will to live a little better in the world, the goodwill to not easily hurt others, the effort to see people as they are, the courage to face the crisis right before our eyes.
So many emotions can be felt in the author's photographs.
Since when has our society become so selfish that we monopolize the good things and share the bad things widely?
The saying that sharing good things doubles them and sharing bad things halves them has become an old saying.
But the author silently upholds that old saying.
They try to share good things with others in some way, and swallow bad things (hoping that they will be digested and excreted quickly).
So we feel warmth and affection at the same time in the photos from Thumb Photo Studio.
"Jeju is Well" is an incredibly rich book, containing the author's voice, which has never been heard before, and the author's perspective on people.
I hope to share warmth with those who love this book.
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GOODS SPECIFICS
- Publication date: March 24, 2022
- Page count, weight, size: 240 pages | 316g | 128*188*15mm
- ISBN13: 9791167820662
- ISBN10: 1167820665

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