Oral history interview with Johsel Namkung
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 37 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Namkung, Johsel, 1919-2013
label: Interviewer
content: Takami, David
label: Interviewer
content: Lau, Alan Chong
label: Names
content: Northwest Asian American Project
label: Names
content: Horiuchi, Paul, 1906-
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
label: Names
content: Tsutakawa, George
label: Names
content: Yang, Chao-Chen, 1910-1969
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Asian American art
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
label: Topic
content: Korean American art
label: Topic
content: Korean American Artists
label: Topic
content: Asian American photographers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Namkung, Johsel, 1919-2013
label: Interviewer
content: Takami, David
label: Interviewer
content: Lau, Alan Chong
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Johsel Namkung (1919- ) is a Korean American photographer based in Seattle, Washington.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 74 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 Oct. 5-1991 Feb. 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.namkun89
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Johsel Namkung conducted 1989 Oct. 5-1991 Feb. 25, by Alan Chong Lau (1989) and David Takami (1991), in Seattle, Wash., for the Archives of American Art Northwest Asian American Project. Namkung discusses his family background and the effect of living under Japanese occupation in Korea; U.S. immigration in the late 1940's; studies in music; his determination to become a photographer, early color photography, his philosophy as a photographer; and the Asian American community in Seattle. Namkung recalls Paul Horiuchi, Mark Tobey, George Tsutakawa and Chao-Chen Yang.