在朝鲜进行这次拍摄项目的时候，法国摄影师（1969年生）发现无论他去哪里，都会受到没完没了的监视。因为受不了这些限制，他发明了一种巧妙的自由空间。他为遇到的人和招待他的人以他们照镜子的方式为他们拍摄了肖像照，大部分是全身照。这种方式需要拍摄对象正面直视前方。通过这种方式，他拍出了和朝鲜的宣传照类似的照片，这样当局更容易理解和接受他的做法。

While undertaking this photographic investigation of North Korea, French photographer Stéphan Gladieu (born 1969) found himself under constant surveillance everywhere he went. Because of these constraints, he managed to invent an ingenious space of freedom. Gladieu created mirror-

portraits of people he encountered and was hosted by, often full length, which require a face-

on pose and a direct gaze. In this way, he managed to create a form similar to North Korea’s propaganda imagery, which made his approach more comprehensible and permissible to the authorities.

Fifty years after its foundation, North Korea endures a media portrayal of war, famine, nuclear programs and military parades. Indoors, people are required to display portraits of the regime’s founder, Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-Il. Family photos are not allowed; nor are personal portraits. Consequently, Gladieu’s work attains an almost historic act of intervention in the country’s visual politics.