The exhibition is about lives in Seoul in the 1950s. The lives of people in those years were focused mainly on the maintenance of their livelihoods. Seoul was much less-developed than today and people suffered from extreme poverty. The 1950s were also when the Korean War broke out and suspended. Thus, numerous people became victims of the war and went through tough times.
Furthermore, a number of buildings and houses were ruined. The photograph exhibition accurately shows the surroundings in those years: pictures of people in shabby clothes trying to cross a broken bridge surrounded by devastated buildings and more.
By. Joo Hye-ri
The UOS Times
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