Heinkuhn Oh rose to prominence with his photographs of social types—high school students, cosmetic girls, soldiers—often printed at gargantuan scale. Oh’s breakthrough series, Itaewon Story (1993), is a pregentrification tale, capturing the vivid underground characters who once defined the area. Heinkuhn Oh, Huh jung, 20080428, 2022, from the series Left Face Heinkuhn Oh, JU, 20160716, 2022, from the series Left FaceSon: Your early 1990s series Itaewon Story continues to resonate today. Oh: Itaewon has been my home since I was six years old. Related Stories Portfolios Heinkuhn Oh’s Vivacious Portrait of Seoul in the 1990sThough the US Eighth Army has relocated, Itaewon remains a unique cultural space.