Ryan Kim — theBASEMENT

the BASEMENT

Publication #01

i miss how it felt to be with you

Ryan Alexander Kim (he/him)

inkjet prints, 35mm portra 400 film

2023

Over the summer, I traveled to South Korea and Japan, and it was my first time in an Asian country, having been born in America. I felt this conflict, this divide, an uncomfortable feeling, a hurt, a longing, a wanting, a missing— a sort of desire or sensation or wonder. A “What if I had lived this life?” or a “Why do I feel like such an outsider?”

But I remember on my last night in Japan, I started talking with this young man on the train who helped me with directions—a little older than me. We talked in English and he told me he was an international student in Italy. We had a wonderful conversation about culture and travel. He was so kind, and because of that, the interaction with him was one of the best parts of the trip.

Life is filled with such great moments of happiness, coming from uncertain people or places, but it doesn’t last forever, so all I can do, right now, is miss how it felt to be with you.

concentration: photo/media
contact: @ryanalexkim & @mellamoruss & http://ryanalexkim.com/

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