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Ahn Sung-jin

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Ahn Sung-jin graduated from the Department of Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University in 1993. He has been photographing musicians’ record jackets since 1992 and has photographed more than 500 albums. He has photographed corporate advertisements for Samsung, LG, Motorola, Hyundai, Kia, and SKT, as well as launch ads for sports brands such as Puma, Adidas, and LeCap, beauty brands such as Laneige and The Face Shop, and most of Korea’s casual fashion brands. To this day, he is still one of Korea’s top photographers whose work has been widely recognized and recognized for its quality throughout the advertising photography industry. He was the visual director of Esquire Korea (2005-2010) and Numero Korea (2009–2010). He continues to shoot jacket photos and motion posters for ‘Monthly Yoon Jongshin’ (2011–).

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