Korean Streets

A man takes a picture of his girlfriend in Seoul's Hongdae district at sunset

Gestures, interactions, fragments of light and movement and other small street moments in Seoul and other cities in South Korea.

Two young women ride a bicycle on a sidewalk in Seoul's Itaewon district at sunset

Seoul

A woman with purple hair talks with her friends at a sidewalk cafe in Seoul's Haebangchon district.

Seoul

A young girl plays with a mister in central Seoul on a warm October afternoon.

Seoul

A young woman looks at herself in a mirror in a street in Seoul's Itaewon district.

Seoul

People walk next to a red building in Seoul's Itaewon district

Seoul

A man smokes a cigarette during a heavy summer rain shower in Seoul.

Seoul

A jogger runs on a bridge in the Banpo Hangang Park in Seoul at sunset.

Seoul

Lights and shades at Namdaemun Market

Seoul

A young woman with purple hair hangs out in Seoul's Hongdae district

Seoul

A passerby watches a mural featuring la woman's legs in Seoul.

Seoul

Cherry blossom viewers near Samcheon stream in Seoul in April 2026

Seoul

A lady walks on an April evening near Seoul Station

Seoul

Two women under an umbrella during a heavy summer rain shower in Seoul.

Seoul

"Passage of Memory", a sculpture by Jeon Young-il, at the National Museum of Korean Democracy in Seoul

National Museum of Korean Democracy, Seoul

Artist Olafur Eliasson’s “Gravity Stairs" installation at Leeum Museum in Seoul

Leeum Museum, Seoul

North Korea Military Provocation Room, War Memorial of Korea, Seoul.

North Korea Military Provocation Room, War Memorial of Korea, Seoul.

Statue of Donghak Peasant Revolution leader Jeon Bong-jun in Seoul.

Seoul

A white dog looks at the camera as it walks on a lead held by its owner.

Seoul

A lady on her rooftop in Busan.

Busan

A lady carries a dog in a backpack in Seoul on a rainy day

Seoul

A man carrying an umbrella watches a large construction site from the Seoul Walls in Naksan Park.

Seoul

Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul

Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul

A visitor at the Photography Seoul Museum of Art.

Photography Seoul Museum of Art

A protestor calls for the beheading of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul.

Seoul

A cyclist stretches on a platform by the Han River in Goyang's Yongchi Park at sunset.

Goyang

People walk along the Han River in Seoul's Banpo Hangang Park

Seoul

A couple sitting by the Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul watches a bird fishing in the water.

Seoul

A couple watches a white bird near Cheongyecheon stream in central Seoul

Seoul

A couple crosses a street in Seoul in the evening.

Seoul

People rest on the stairs at the entrance of Kyobo book store in Seoul.

Seoul

Two women wearing traditional Korean hanok dresses and a third woman dressed normally wait at a crosswalk in Seoul.

Seoul

A couple walks along a pedestrian crossing under an umbrella on a rainy July day in Itaewon.

Seoul

A couple sits in front of the Sea of Japan in Sokcho Beach.

Sokcho

Young women walk in Seoul's Hongdae district in Seoul

Seoul

A couple rides a quadricycle on Seoul's Banpo Bridge at sunset.

Seoul

A couple takes a selfie at the foot of Namsan Tower in Seoul.

Seoul

A couple watches the Han River flowing under Dongjak Bridge in Seoul.

Seoul

A couple sits in Joyang Bangjuk Café in Gagngwha Island, South Korea.

Ganghwa Island

A couple visits an outoor art installation in central Seoul.

Seoul

Daepssari gardens, Yeoncheon, Korea.

Yeoncheon

Daepssari gardens, Yeoncheon, Korea.

Yeoncheon

A couple enters a store through a red door in Seoul.

Seoul

People gather on a belvedere overlooking Seoul in Itaewon.

Seoul

A woman takes a photo of an ornately decorated door at Bongeunsa Buddhist temple in Seoul.

Seoul

A couple walks along Cheonggyecheon stream in Seoul.

Seoul

A soldier and his girlfriend walk in front of the Leeum Art Museum in Seoul

Seoul

A Korean soldier takes a picture of his girlfriend in the former Yongsan US Garrison in Seoul.

Seoul

A young woman passes by a group of soldiers at the Korea War Memorial in Seoul.

War Memorial of Korea, Seoul

Conscripts prepare to visit the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul.

Seoul

Traditional hanok cafe in Yeoncheon.

Yeoncheon

Gyodong Island sunflower festival.

Gyodong Island

People walk along a pond in Gyeongui Line Forest Park in Seoul.

Seoul

A woman takes a selfie in front of an art installation in central Seoul.

Seoul

A crowd near Seoul Station.

Seoul

A man wearing a traditional Korean hanbok runs the Seoul Marathon

Seoul

A couple leaves a shop in the Itaewon district of Seoul.

Seoul

Long exposure picture of people running a marathon in Seoul

Seoul

Tens of thousands of people participate in a giant meditation event on Gwanghwamun square in Seoul.

Seoul

People wait at a crosswalk in Seoul's Haebangchon ditrict.

Seoul

A woman stands on the terrace of Leeum Art Museum in Seoul.

Seoul

A boy runs up the ramp inside Tank No. 6 at Seoul's Oil Tank Culture Park

Oil Tank Culture Park, Seoul

An office worker looks up in an undergound shopping complex in Seoul.

Seoul

A man and a woman talk near a sculpture in the form of a giant shell in central Seoul.

Seoul

Three young ladies in trendy summer outfits exit a luxury shop in Itaewon

Seoul

Apgujeong Rodeo Street, Seoul.

Seoul

A woman wearing a short grey dress makes faces while reading a document on a public bench in central Seoul, Korea.

Seoul

A young man plays with a 3D gorilla installation in Seoul's Hongdae district.

Seoul

A visitor reads a book in an exhibition hall in Paju.

Paju

Seoul Wall at Namsan Park.

Seoul

A couple visits a palace in Seoul.

Deoksugung Palace, Seoul

A lady wearing a traditional "Hanbok" Korean Dress at a palace in Seoul

Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul

White spiral staircase at Seoul's Leeum Museum of Art

Seoul

A woman looks at her phone in the shadow at Seoul's Leeum Museum of Art

Seoul

Reflection of a woman wearing a dark suit walking in central Seoul.

Seoul

Incheon Chinatown.

Incheon

Office workers take a cigarette break by a fountain in the street in central Seoul.

Seoul

Nodeul Island, Seoul.

Seoul

People look at their computers or listen to music on their headphones by the Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul on a mild April evening.

Seoul

Elderly citizens relax by the Cheonggyecheon stream in Central Seoul

Seoul

Street moment in Itaewon, Seoul.

Seoul

Sokcho Beach.

Sokcho

A man waits to cross the street at a pedestrian crossing in the Itaewon district of Seoul.

Seoul

A man walks along the platform at Namyeong Station in Seoul.

Seoul

Reflection of people walking in Seoul's Itaewon district at sunset

Seoul

Itaewon street moment.

Seoul

A couple crosses the Banpo Bridge over the Han River in Seoul.

Seoul

Several ladies wait at a bus stop in Itaewon on a hot summer day

Seoul

A preacher holds up a Bible on a sidewalk in Seoul.

Seoul

An old man wearing a cap stands under a South Korean flag in a street in Gyodong Island.

Gyodongdo

Des enfants se rafraîchissent dans la fontaine au pied de la statue de l'amiral Yi Sun Sin à Séoul par un chaud après-midi de juillet.

Seoul

Sunset at Namsan Park in Seoul.

Seoul

A lady looks up at colorfoul lanters hanging at Jogyesa Buddhist Temple in Seoul.

Jogyesa Buddhist Temple, Seoul

A man reads a book near the Cheonggyecheon stream in central Seoul

Seoul

People relax along Cheonggyecheon Stream in Central Seoul.

Seoul

An elderly man plays with children in a fountain in Seoul during the summer.

Seoul

A tourist visits Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul.

Seoul

Incheon Jayu Park.

Incheon

A fortune teller waits for customers in Busan.

Busan

Mandu -traditional Korean steamed dumplings- on sale at a market in Gyodong Island during the Chuseok mid-autumn holidays;

Gyodongdo

A street food vendor grills skewers in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.

Seoul

A shop in a traditional market in Gyodong Island.

Gyodongdo.

Fish drying on Muuido Island

Incheon.

Guards dressed in yellow traditionnal uniforms walk behind a fountain in Seoul.a

Seoul.

People take shelter under umbrellas during a downpour in Seoul.

Seoul.

Umbrellas are reflected in the windows of a building in Seoul on a hot July afternoon.

Seoul

A man takes shelter under a pagoda during a rain shower in Seoul.

Seoul

People read books and relax in public sofas displayed in Seoul's Outdoor Library in front of the City Hall

Seoul

The shade of a woman wearing high heels and carrying an umbrella in Seoul during sunset

Seoul

Two women holding umbrellas sit on benches on a beach in Sokcho under the rain.

Sokcho

A bus driver drives towards the sunset in Seoul.

Seoul

A dog rests in the sun at the entrance of a Korean restaurant in Incheon

Incheon

Incheon harbor.

Incheon

A man walks his peacock in a partk in Seoul

Seoul

A visitor in the K Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul.

Seoul

A lady wearing a traditional "hanbok" Korean dress in Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul

Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul

A young lady watches her phone while sitting in a street in Seoul's Itaewon district

Seoul

Passers-by are reflected against a window with inscriptions in Korean in Seoul.

Seoul

A lady carrying a yellow flower bouquet walks across a white and yellow zebra crossing in Seoul

Seoul

A precious chandelier in the Baccarat store in Seoul.

Seoul

Two people are looking at the sunset from the terrace of an Italian restaurant in Seoul.

Seoul

A lady sits at the counter of an empty restaurant in Seoul

Seoul

Gyeongui Line Forest Park, Seoul

Seoul

Abi Village Beach, Sokcho.

Sokcho

A woman takes a picture with her phone in the street in Seoul.

Seoul

A man runs along the Han River in Namyangju

Namyangju

September rain in Seoul by night

People enjoy the view on the Han River from Haneul Park in Seoul.

Seoul

Two young women run on autumn leaves at the entrance to Namsan Park in Seoul.

Seoul

Gyeongui Line Forest Park, Seoul

Seoul

A young woman walks on autumn leaves at the entrance to Namsan Park in Seoul.

Seoul

Crosswalk in Seoul's Haebangchon district.

Seoul

A man smokes outside a bar in the Itaewon district of Seoul.

Seoul

People walk in a street in Itaewon in winter

Seoul

A lady wearing a traditional "Hanbok" Korean dress takes a selfie in Gyeonbokgung Palace in Seoul

Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul

Window cleaners abseil down a building in Seoul.

Seoul

Itaewon street

Seoul

Staircase inside Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul

Seoul

A fisherman on the banks of the Han River in Seoul, with Lotte World Tower in the background.

Seoul

Gardeners wrap shrubs in straw to protect them from the harsh Korean winter in Seoul.

Seoul

Three women, one of them wearing a traditional Korean hanbok dress, take pictures in the street in Seoul.

Seoul

Two women wearing traditional Korean hanbok dresses step out of the shadows near Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul.

Seoul

Snowfall on Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul

Seoul

Two men with umbrellas walk past a statue of a man sitting on a bench in Seoul under the snow.

Seoul

People walk in the snow in Seoul.

Seoul

A woman carrying an umbrella stands at a bus stop in Seoul under the snow.

Seoul

A woman carrying an umbrella struggles under heavy snowfall in Seoul.

Seoul

Aerial view of a person carrying a red umbrella walking under the snow in Seoul.

Seoul

Winter at Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul.

Seoul

A cyclist takes a break by the Han River in Seoul.

Seoul

A man crouches down to take a cigarette break in the Sinsadong neighborhood of Seoul.

Seoul

A man exits the Apkujeong subway station in Seoul.

Seoul

A woman walks in a beam of light under the Banpo Bridge in Seoul.

Seoul

Love lockers at Namsan Seoul Tower

Seoul

A man walks through the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul during Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year.

Seoul

Statues and anime characters at Jogyesa Buddhist Temple in Seoul.

Seoul

A woman prays in front of incense sticks at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul on Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year.

Seoul

A woman lights incense sticks at Bongeunsa Buddhist temple in Seoul during Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year.

Seoul

Itaewon backstreet

Seoul

A couple and a baby have a photo shoot under cherry blossoms in Seoul.

Seoul

A woman stands next to a police checkpoint near the Constitutional Court in Seoul.

Seoul

A rightist activist in military fatigues during a demonstration in Central Seoul.

Seoul

Itaewon reflection

Seoul

Korean policemen during a demonstration on Gwanghwamun square in Seoul.

Seoul

An anti-Japanese protester in central Seoul.

Seoul

Supporters of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol demonstrate near a Squid Game statue in Seoul.

Seoul

Korean riot police are deployed near the Constitutional Court in Seoul

Seoul

A man wearing a mask figuring South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol dances on Gwanghwamun square in Seoul.

Seoul

People dance to celebrate South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from office in Seoul.

Seoul

A supporter of South Korea's ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol protests with his dog near his home in Seoul.

Seoul

A protester participates in a sit-in in central Seoul to demand the removal from office of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol.

Seoul

People wait at a bus stop, surrounded by riot police, near the Constitutional Court in Seoul during the trial of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol.

Seoul

Rightist activists demonstrate against South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment in Seoul in December 2024.

Seoul

A megaphone placed on the ground in front of banners during a demonstration in Seoul.

Seoul