Ahn Jun: self-portraits of a fearless artist

A vertical self-portrait high above the Seoul traffic
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media

Another vertiginous shot of the South Korean capital
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media

The same dizzying idea, as transferred to New York Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media

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 running along the edge of a skyscraper in Seoul Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media

Yellow cabs and skyscrapers: it could only be Manhattan
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media

The artist at work: Ahn Jun climbing gingerly onto a New York parapet
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media

At the edge of the window as a Manhattan fireworks display lights up the background Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media

Ahn Jun at work (centre), as seen from a neighbouring tower block
Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media

Self portrait on a windowledge: another in the New York series Photograph: Jun Ahn/Barcroft Media