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ARGUS PAUL
Argus Paul Estabrook ​ 

​BIOGRAPHY
I'm a biracial Korean-American photographer who works in both South Korea and the USA. Frequent travel between these two countries has provided me a unique perspective of Korean identity and its relationship to both global and regional communities. As an artist, I'm interested in creating work that gives voice to others and I often volunteer my efforts to marginalized communities.

My work has been awarded by the Magnum Photography Awards, Sony World Photography Awards, LensCulture, IPA, MIFA, TIFA, as well as exhibited at the Aperture Summer Open: On Freedom.​ I've also been twice selected as a Critical Mass Top 50 artist by Photolucida and a three-time recipient of PDN's Annual Exposure Award. Additionally, I am an alumnus of the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop and named the 2017 Dorothy Liskey Wampler Eminent Professor in the School of Art, Design and Art History at James Madison University.


EDUCATION
James Madison University - Harrisonburg, Virginia
MFA Studio Art 
AUGUST 2005 - JUNE 2009

Virginia Intermont College - Bristol, Virginia
BA Photography 
AUGUST 1997 - JUNE 2001

​AWARDED PROJECTS 
This Is Not an Exit (Our Stage Four), 2019-2018
  • Moscow International Foto Awards | Editorial: Essay | 1st
  • International Photo Awards | Deeper Perspective | 2nd Place
  • LensCulture Portrait Awards | Finalist

Heartfelt Welcome, 2018
  • Tokyo International Foto Awards | Editorial: Political | 1st 
  • PDN Eighth Annual Exposure Award
  • Moscow International Foto Awards | Editorial: Political | 2nd 
  • International Photo Awards | Editorial: General News| 2nd 
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Losing Face, 2017
  • Magnum Photography Awards | Street Series Winner
  • Sony World Photography Awards | National Awards: USA | 1st 
  • Sony World Photography Awards | Open Competition: Motion | Shortlist
  • Sony World Photography Awards | Open Competition: Motion | Commended
  • PDN Seventh Annual Exposure Award
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School Memories: The Loss In Danwon High, 2017
  • Moscow International Foto Awards | Editorial: Political | 1st 
  • Moscow International Foto Awards | Editorial: Essay | 2nd 
​
Wrestling in the Streets of Seoul, 2016
  • PDN Sixth Annual Exposure Award
  • Tokyo International Foto Awards | Events: Sports | 2nd
  • Tokyo International Foto Awards | Editorial: Sports | 3rd 
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Reflections Inside the Seoul Metro, 2016
  • LensCulture Street Photography Awards | Top 100 Award
  • StreetFoto San Francisco: Int’l Street Awards | Finalist
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Losing Face, McGlothin Center Art Gallery, Emory & Henry College, VA

2018 - GYOPO, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NY

2017 - School Memories: The Loss In Danwon High, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, VA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
​2019 - Open Walls Arles, Galerie Huit Arles, FR

2018 - A Contemporary Reference of the Human Condition,  Edition ONE Gallery, NM

2018 - Sensation Photography: Between or Border, Photoville, NY

2018 - Capture Your Freedom, FDR Four Freedoms Park, NY

2017 - On Freedom: Aperture Summer Open,  Aperture Foundation, NY

2017 - Magnum Photography Awards Exhibition, The Photographers Gallery, UK

2017 - Swap Shop with Magnum Photos, The Print Space Gallery, UK 

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2017 - IPA Annual Best of Show,  Lucie Foundation, NY


HONORS
2018
Accepted into the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop XXXI and received an Eddie Adams Awards.

2018 - 2017
Named a Critical Mass Top 50 artist by Photolucida two years in a row.

2018 - 2016
Featured in PDN Emerging Photographer Magazine and received PDN’s Annual Exposure Award consecutively for three years. 

2017 
​Honored as a Dorothy Liskey Wampler Eminent Professor from James Madison University for my work with families affected by the Sewol Ferry Tragedy in South Korea.