“Caves and Birch Forests... See the Beauty of Taebaek City Through Photos”

Exhibition of Award-Winning Works from the 'Taebaek Tourism Photo National Contest' until the 17th
Diverse Themes Including Taebaek's Natural Scenery, History, Festivals, Culture, and Coal Industry

Taebaek City, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (Mayor Lee Sang-ho) has been holding the "9th Taebaek Tourism Photography National Contest Exhibition" at the Taebaek Coal Museum's special exhibition hall from November 1 to 17.

Taebaek City, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, is holding an exhibition of award-winning works from the "9th Taebaek Tourism Photography National Contest" until November 17. The photo is "Dazzling Taebaek" by Kim Jang-hyun, which won the grand prize.

This exhibition is organized by the Taebaek branch of the Korea Photographers Association (Branch Chief Kim Do-hwan). From the end of August for one month, works featuring Taebaek's tourist resources and natural scenery, Taebaek's history, festivals, culture, and the coal industry were submitted.

Taebaek City, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, is holding an exhibition of award-winning works from the "9th Taebaek Tourism Photography National Contest" until November 17. The photo is "Birch Forest" by Lee Da-young, which won the silver prize.

Among a total of 421 works, the awards were judged as follows: Gold Prize (Dazzling Taebaek, Lee Jang-hyun), Silver Prize (Birch Forest, Lee Da-young), Silver Prize (Gumunso Glasses, Choi Hee-soo), Bronze Prize (Sunflower, Lee Min-woo), Bronze Prize (Cheonje Festival, Hyun Yoon-gi), and 53 other works, totaling 58 awarded pieces.

Taebaek City, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, is holding an exhibition of award-winning works from the "9th Taebaek Tourism Photography National Contest" until November 17. The photo is "Cheonje Event" by Hyun Yoon-gi, which won the bronze prize.

All 58 awarded works are exhibited at the exhibition, allowing visitors to see special photographs that capture the diverse tourist attractions of Taebaek as well as the beauty of Taebaek that we have not yet discovered, through the eyes of the artists.

Taebaek City, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, is holding an exhibition of award-winning works from the "9th Taebaek Tourism Photography National Contest" until November 17. The photo is "Sunflower" by Minwoo Lee, which won the bronze prize.

A Taebaek city official stated, "Through the Taebaek Tourism Photography National Contest Exhibition, visitors will be able to feel the unique beauty and dynamism of Taebaek," and added, "We hope many citizens and tourists will show interest and participate so that the feelings evoked by the photographs can be experienced as real emotions when seeing the actual works."