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The Guardian - UK
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Ahn Jun: self-portraits of a fearless artist

Ahn Jun self-portraits: A self portrait of Ahn Jun
A vertical self-portrait high above the Seoul traffic
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media
Ahn Jun self-portraits: A vertical shot taken by artist Jun Ahn
Another vertiginous shot of the South Korean capital
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media
Ahn Jun self-portraits: A self portrait of Jun Ahn Dangling over the edge
The same dizzying idea, as transferred to New York Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media
Ahn Jun self-portraits: A self portrait of Jun Ahn dangling from a skyscraper
The artist herself, half in and half out of a New York skyscraper window
Photograph: Jun Ahn/ Barcroft Media/Jun Ahn / Barcroft Media
Ahn Jun self-portraits: A self portrait of Jun Ahn on a skyscraper
Ahn Jun running along the edge of a skyscraper in Seoul Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media
Ahn Jun self-portraits: A self-portrait of Jun Ahn
Yellow cabs and skyscrapers: it could only be Manhattan
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media
Ahn Jun self-portraits: A self-portrait of Jun Ahn
The artist at work: Ahn Jun climbing gingerly onto a New York parapet
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media
Ahn Jun self-portraits: A self-portrait of Jun Ahn at night
At the edge of the window as a Manhattan fireworks display lights up the background Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media
Ahn Jun self-portraits: A self-portrait of Jun Ahn in New York
Ahn Jun at work (centre), as seen from a neighbouring tower block
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media
Ahn Jun self-portraits: A self-portrait of Jun Ahn in New York
Self portrait on a windowledge: another in the New York series Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media
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