Volume 04 · Planned

Dokkaebi market

Where thrown-away things find second owners.

Medium Documentary photographs and film

A dokkaebi mask, a brass bowl and a pocket watch on a market blanket under one bare bulb.

Some flea markets are called dokkaebi markets, after the goblin said to take shape in the things people throw away. This one stays unnamed. One autumn day, first light to closing: tarps on concrete, a bare bulb, hands turning over someone else's life for a few coins. What gets let go of, and who picks it up.

The plates6 plates · Autumn · first light to closing · 35mm
Ji Eun at first light under the overpass, turning a brass bell over a blanket of thrown-away things.
Pl. 01Ji Eun at first light under the overpass, turning a brass bell over a blanket of thrown-away things.
A vendor sorting keys, buttons and worn coins.
Pl. 02A vendor sorting keys, buttons and worn coins.
Turning an old folding camera over at a stall.
Pl. 03Turning an old folding camera over at a stall.
A straw broom, a kettle and a lantern laid out on a rug.
Pl. 04A straw broom, a kettle and a lantern laid out on a rug.
Ji Eun in the late afternoon under a bare bulb, an old carved mask held beside her face.
Pl. 05Ji Eun in the late afternoon under a bare bulb, an old carved mask held beside her face.
The square at dusk, one chair left behind.
Pl. 06The square at dusk, one chair left behind.
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