Born in 1963 After graduating from Jeonju University with a degree in Business Administration, Sung Namhun studied Documentary Photography at Icart Photo École de Paris and began working for Rapho, a photographic press agency in France. He has showcased his works at numerous exhibitions both at home and abroad, including the Grand Palais in Paris (1992), Guardian Garden in Tokyo (1994), Centre National de la Photographie in Paris (1996), Gallery Wa (2006), the Museum of Photography, Seoul (2008), Gallery Ryugaheon (2010), the Tashkent House of Photography (2010), the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea (2014), and Space22 (2016). His works have also garnered him prestigious awards such as the First Prize in Photography from "Le Salon" in Paris (1992), the Gangwon Grant for Documentary Production in Korea (2004), the Hanmi Photography Award and Dong Gang Photography Award in Korea (2006), the World Press Photo award (1999/2009), and the Ilwoo Photography Award in Korea (2017) Leica-oskar-barnack-award Finalist (2020) His works are displayed in galleries such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, the Seoul Olympic Museum of Art(SOMA), Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Yesong Gallery, the Dong Gang Museum of Photography, the Tashkent House of Photography, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, Gallery Wa, and Space22. Sung has also published his own books of photography with "Dreamy Field" (Idea), "Sorokdo" (Time Space), "The Unrooted" (Noonbit), "Capturing Dreams in Africa" (Korea Food for the Hungry International, KFHI), "Incomplete Straight Line" (Noonbit), and "Lotus Well" (Gallery Ryugaheon).
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