David ChinHo Shin
ChinHo Shin earned a PhD in Biological Neuroscience at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and worked as a researcher at the KIST Neuroscience Center, pursuing scientific inquiries into human cognition and existence. He later developed a profound concern for lives shaped by social marginalization and structural violence, and co-founded an international NGO with like-minded collaborators, initiating field-based humanitarian work.
Since 2007, he has documented sites of social injustice—including war, poverty, discrimination, and human trafficking—through documentary photography. Using the camera as a tool of testimony, his work brings unseen individual voices to the international community. Beyond documentation, his practice focuses on revealing human dignity, survival, and narratives buried in silence.
He is currently engaged in long-term documentary projects, including Unheard Voices, which examines the lives of civilians affected by the civil war in Myanmar; Unbroken Roots, documenting Dalit communities in India; and Unseen Chains, portraying women living in Kamathipura, Mumbai—the oldest and largest red-light district in Asia. Through these projects, he sheds light on the most marginalized and overlooked spaces of our time.
His solo exhibitions include Gallery Cafe (2010), Photobook Gallery (2017), and Ryugaheon Gallery (2023). In 2025, he was invited as a featured artist to the Daejeon International Photo Festival. His works are held in corporate collections, including Sandoll Communications and Rightbrain.
In 2023, he published the photobook I Look Myself Through Those Who I Looked and was nominated for the Documentary category of the Royal Photographic Society. His work has since received international recognition, including First Prize in the War/Conflict category at the 2024 New York Photography Awards and First Prize in the Editorial category at the 2025 Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).
신진호 (申珍浩, Shin ChinHo)
신진호는 한국과학기술연구원(KIST)에서 생체신경과학으로 박사학위를 취득하고, KIST 신경과학센터에서 연구원으로 활동하며 인간의 인지와 존재에 대한 과학적 탐구를 이어왔다. 이후 사회적 소외와 구조적 폭력 속에 놓인 인간의 삶에 깊은 문제의식을 느끼고, 뜻을 같이하는 이들과 함께 국제 NGO를 공동 설립하며 현장 중심의 인도주의 활동을 시작했다.
그는 2007년부터 다큐멘터리 사진을 통해 전쟁, 빈곤, 차별, 인신매매 등 사회적 불의의 현장을 기록해 왔으며, 카메라를 증언의 도구로 삼아 보이지 않던 개인의 목소리를 국제 사회에 전달하고 있다. 그의 작업은 단순한 기록을 넘어 인간의 존엄과 생존, 그리고 침묵 속에 묻힌 서사를 드러내는 데 초점을 둔다.
현재 그는 미얀마 내전 피해자들의 삶을 다룬 ‘Unheard Voices’, 인도의 불가촉천민(Dalit) 공동체를 기록한 ‘Unbroken Roots’, 그리고 아시아에서 가장 오래되고 규모가 큰 홍등가인 인도 뭄바이 카마티푸라 여성들의 삶을 담은 ‘Unseen Chains’ 프로젝트를 장기 다큐멘터리로 진행하며 우리 시대의 가장 낮고 소외된 곳을 조명하고 있다.
개인전으로는 2010년 갤러리 까페, 2017년 사진집 갤러리, 2023년 류가헌 갤러리에서 전시를 개최했으며, 2025년 대전국제사진전에 초청 작가로 참여했다. 그의 작품은 산돌커뮤니케이션, 라이트브레인 등 국내 여러 기업에 소장되어 있다.
2023년 사진집 I look myself through those who I looked를 출판했으며, 같은 해 영국왕실사진협회(Royal Photographic Society) 다큐멘터리 부문에 노미네이트되었다. 이를 비롯해 2024년 New York Photography Awards 'War/Conflict' 부문 1위, 2025년 Tokyo International Foto Awards(TIFA) 'Editorial' 부문 1위를 차지하는 등 다수의 국제 사진상에서 수상하며 그 작품성을 세계적으로 인정받았다.
Awards
2025 “Unheard Voices : The Silent Survivors” Winner in Editorial, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Gold Winner in Editorial-Photo Essay, Tokyo International Foto Awards
2024 “Unheard Voices” Winner in War/Conflict Category, New York Photography Awards
Gold Winner in Documentary Category, New York Photography Awards
“Unseen Chains” Gold Winner in Documentary Category, New York Photography Awards
Silver Winner in Editorial-Photo Essay, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Solo Exhibitions
2024 “Unheard Voices” Daejeon International Photo Festival, Daejeon, Korea
2023 “I look myself through those who I looked”,ryugaheon gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 “I look myself through those who I looked”,Online Exhibition,Sazinzibb gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 “Cambodian Children”, Dongan Gallery Café, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions
2010 “My Expression”, Kyung-in museum of fine art ltd, Seoul, Korea
2008 “Moments in Life”, Illum gallery, Seoul, Korea
Publication
2023 I look myself through those who I looked/ Hans Graphic
2007 KBS Calendar making project with ‘미녀들의 수다’
Projects
2022 ~ Reporting the lives of victims of the Myanmar civil war, Myanmar
The lives of CSE(Continuously Sexual Exploited) women in Mumbai’s Red Light Area, India
2017~ The lives of Dalits, India
2006~ The lives of Myanmar’s impoverished, Myanmar
2009 Photography of Dongan church Missionary work in Cambodia
Press
2024 “빛으로, 삶 속의 빛을 찾아 (Seeking the Light in the Life)” , The JoongAng
“들리지 않는 이야기 (Unheard Voices)”, Onuri Newspaper
2023 “The light of life of the people of Myanmar conveyed through the light of the photo”, Artkoreatv
“He captured the 'life' and 'stories' of the people of Myanmar.”, The Christian Newspaper
“A Myanmar girl and her younger brother.” Onuri Newspaper
“My dream is a life that testifies to God." Onuri Newspaper
2015 “Life is beautiful even when we are powerless and poor.” DI(Digital Insight) Magazine
2010 “Promise”, Newsis Newspaper, Korea
2008 “untitled”, Newsis Newspaper, Korea
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