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HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Kristina Choe Jacinth / Shinbyeong (신병)

Kristina Choe Jacinth is a Los Angeles-based Korean-American portrait and fine art photographer who has started an intriguing photo series project titled Shinbyeong (신병). Shinbyeong (신병): Shinbyeong (신병), or “Self-Loss” is a Korean shamanistic tradition of being possessed by a higher power. Characterized by hallucinations and a loss of appetite, the possessed cannot be cured […]

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