Korean Photographer Giseok Cho Lends His Surrealist Vision To FEMALE's September Edition
Where the wild things are.
By FEMALE Staff ,
With a love for nature, things from a time past and the surreal, Korean artist-slash-photographer Giseok Cho creates imagery in the pursuit of fundamental beauty.
We asked him to conjure up a story for this edition of FEMALE centred around navigating the ambiguous state of the world today. His response: send us back into the realm of childhood dreams and nightmares, where with the power of imagination (and some of the season's most fantastic clothes and fine jewellery), anything is possible.
He notes: "This story is about overcoming one's nightmares and fears. The world might be in a difficult stage now, but in the future, there will be a bigger and better world."
On left: Velvet jacket with matching shorts and silk crepe shirt, Gucci. In middle: Viscose top, cashmere knit pants and calfskin booties, Loewe. On right: Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello jacquard cardigan with sequins, cotton shirt, denim pants and leather boots, Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello tweed jacket, matching skirt, laminated jersey bodysuit and metal belt with crystals, Saint Laurent. Clash de Cartier medium pink gold supple bracelet and XL ring in pink gold (on left hand), and medium bracelet and matching ring in white gold (on right hand), Cartier
Wool cape and wool knit turtleneck top, Valentino. Clash de Cartier medium white gold bracelet and XL pink gold ring, Cartier. Shorts, stylist’s own
On model standing: Cotton bolero jacket and satin shirt with extended robe collar, Fendi. On model kneeling: Clash de Cartier medium white gold bracelet, medium pink gold supple bracelet, XL pink gold ring and medium white gold ring, Cartier.Top, stylist’s own
Jekeun leather blazer, email info@jekeun.co. Hankim cotton shirt, hankim.co.uk.Tie, stylist’s own
Lambskin dress and leather boots, Alexander McQueen
Photography Giseok Cho, assisted by Donghawn Lee & Hyejin Jang Director Sangkyun Noh, assisted by Hyeonchang Yoo Director of Photography Byung Ju Jeon Styling Seunghee Son, assisted by Lillian Suhyun Lim Hair Hyunwoo Lee, assisted by Hanbin Kwak & Mi Ae Yeo Makeup Seongseok Oh, assisted by Yeonhee Park & Yoori Choi Headpiece artist Haejun Lee Models Sooa Lee/Model Directors Management, Myungsu Jung/Curmas Models Agency, Hyojin Park/Isacmodel, Jian Lee & Eunyoung Kim Production Seraphic Studios
This article first appeared in the September 2021 Brave New World edition of FEMALE