A Study of Urban Photography as a Sensory Archive -Focus of “The Toyota Apartment” Series-

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The research analyzes how urban photography, specifically the Toyota Apartment series, reconstructs urban memory. It explores the visual representation of modern housing in context of rapid urbanization.
Analysis of the Toyota Apartment photo series created by Park Yoon.
Examination of visual representation strategies employed in the photography.
Theoretical framework includes Pierre Nora's concept of 'sites of memory' and Henri Lefebvre's 'production of space'.
Comparative analysis against traditional urban documentary photography.
The study confirms the Toyota Apartment series functions as a sensory archive that reveals layers of time within space and objects.
The series presents fragmented images of modern desires, indicating a complex relationship with urban memory.
Findings suggest that the photographic representation provokes reconsideration of the dichotomy between development and preservation.

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Analysis shows urban photography reconstructs city memory in modern housing, suggesting new interpretive potentials.

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Yoon Park (2026) studied this question.

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