Synopsis

Jung Myung Kim, a photographer who has dedicated over 40 years to capturing wildflowers in Korea, shares his story of pursuing his passion for capturing flowers. Kim finds meaning and happiness in reflecting on his body of work, and his desire to take more pictures keeps him going as he battles an illness.

Director's Comment

Staff

Producer Yoo LEE, Shengluo ZHANG, Shinae KIM

Scenario/Storyboard/Character/Design/Lay Out Yoo LEE

BG Design Yoo LEE, Denver KOTIAN

Animation Sarah TEJEDA, Giulia PAN, Christine BRENNAN

Camera KIM Jungmyung, Aaron WISE

Effect Cameron CARSON

Sound Matthew SCHOENFELD

Music Jöelle NAGER

Voice KIM Jungmyung

Editing Yoo LEE, Mengyao Mia ZHANG

Program Note

Beyond the frame of "photography as the art of capturing a fleeting moment," here is a man tracing the life of wildflowers. The animated documentary The Man Who Photographs Flowers turns its lens on the stubborn passion of an artist who has spent a lifetime recording flowers, capturing the wondrous moment where art and nature meet. Thanks to its blend of live action and animation, even the microscopic world of wildflowers feels vividly alive. Rather than dazzling technical flourish, it's the artist's back, quietly pressing the shutter again and again, that makes us reconsider what it truly means to love something with sincerity. For those of us worn down by the complexity of city life, the story of nameless wildflowers blooming and fading offers, in itself, a gift of deep comfort and a quiet moment of reflection. 

Jinny Hyejin CHOO