Namgwang Hospital: The Demise of a Medical Disaster
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters. In last year’s August and September issues of the Gwangju News, I wrote of the hundreds of vials and jars containing human organs that … Read More
Category: Lost in Gwangju/Honam
Neighborhoods Rallying Before Death
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters. Every year in Korea, autumn foliage treats us to one last gasp of life before the bleak onset of winter. I can’t help but … Read More
Ugly and Uglier: A Tale of Two Saloons
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters. Gwangju has a nearly inexhaustible supply of architecture so ugly that it borders on self-parody. As it’s my monthly privilege to showcase the best … Read More
A Cinematic Experience
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters. For years, I’d had my eye on a huge abandoned cinema downtown that always seemed impenetrable. Every six months to a year, I’d revisit … Read More
Sorting Gwangju’s Cancer Jars: Day 2
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters. “What’s that, a silicone womb?” “Yeah, and there’s a headless baby inside.” “Weird. Here, lemme try on the breast vest now.” – Two excited … Read More
Sorting Gwangju’s Cancer Jars: Day 1
The particular hospital where we were had been abandoned for some time, and yet there was an astonishing amount of equipment and documentation remaining inside.
Odds and (Dead) Ends
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters Rather than stick to a single topic, this month’s Lost in Gwangju will be a potpourri of sorts featuring a few of the city’s … Read More
The Choi Mansion: Inside Korea’s Most Unusual Japanese-Era Hanok
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters If you’ve ever wandered the streets of Gwangju’s Sajik-dong (사직동), then you may have spotted an unmistakable pre-war home nestled between the leafy hills … Read More