Yeryung Son손예령

I've been reading the gap between what a thing is called and what it actually is — since I was ten.

a leader→still her, the room changed manipulable→just kind a villain→only misread waste→not waste — a work, if you look

Every video I make, every photo I take, makes one argument: the label is a lie, and the real thing underneath is stranger than people think.

the work

The work

five pieces

Video, photography, documentary — different ways of asking the same question: what a picture does to the person or story inside it.

i. grand prize — the diptych, two frames —
photographer

This is not waste

Two frames of one street: an unfinished painting left between garbage bags, and a body that won't wash off beneath a warning sign. Someone said this is waste. I said this is not. Grand Prize, Seoul Youth Biennale — youth artist division.

Photography·Featured in art in art & ARTWORLD
ii. 2.2M views — your chosen edit goes here —
founder & sole creator

quietscenes

Character edits for the ones the story called villains — the wrong-to-exist, the not-enough, the ones who can't love themselves. I score their inner life to say what a caption can't: look closer.

After Effects·2.2M views·14K following
iii. finalist 5:00 — a still from the film —
writer · director · editor

I'll Handle It

An essay film that uses AI to expose AI's own hidden cost — a single act of asking reveals both the shortcut and the price. Finalist, One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest.

Short film·Screenwriting
iv. commissioned 5 episodes — EP0 Gyeongbokgung —
director & editor

The Palaces

Chosen through an open call to direct a five-part English documentary on Korea's royal palaces, built from primary sources. The institute uses the films to teach its next generation of guides.

Documentary·On camera
v. SESIFF opening montage — three-country cut —
live-action director & editor

KORINCO

Directed the Korean segment and cut three countries' footage — Korea, Indonesia, Colombia — into a single film for a student exchange. Screened across three continents.

Editing·Montage

About

TOOLS After Effects
CapCut
a camera FORMS Documentary
Short film
Character editing
Photography BASED IN Korea

Ten years ago the hallway called me one thing on Monday and another on Friday. Same girl. I've been making things about that gap ever since.

You can learn technique on YouTube. You can't learn how to see the world there — that's the part I'm still working on.