Herman Rahman, Théâtre de la Cruauté (1) (trans. Theatre of Cruelty), handprinted on fuji matte crystal archive paper, 2017, Courtesy of artist & A.I. Gallery
A.I. first exhibited Herman's work during Photo London 2019 with his series titled Han한. The body of work investigates the image network, power structure and nature of photography itself in the notoriously closed regime of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea through archival imagery, found text and original shots. He documented these materials combined with anecdotal characters based on first hand meetings with defectors from the regime during a visit to South Korea. The culmination of the project is a self-published photo book.