사진작가 김영갑에게 있어 제주도의 공간적 의미 -자전적 에세이집『섬에 홀려 필름에 미쳐』,『그 섬에 내가 있었네』를 대상으로-

Abstract

This study examines the spatial meaning of Jeju Island which is projected in
 Photographer Kim Young-Gap’s autobiographical essay collections, Fascinated by the
 Island, Obsessed by the Film(1996) and It was I that was in the island(2004). Kim
 Young-Gap was born in Buyeo, Chungcheongnam-do in 1957 and settled in Jeju Island
 in 1985 after coming in and out of the island frequently from 1982. And 20 years later,
 on May 29, 2005, he ended his six-year struggle with Lou Gehrig’s disease and passed
 away in gallery Dumoak he had founded. Published in 1996, 10 years after entering the
 island, Fascinated by the Island, Obsessed by the Film is a book that contains the
 reason for entering the island and his early life in there. It was written as the
 intermediate examination over his Jeju life. Published in 2004, a year before his death, 
 It was I that was in the island is a book written in anticipation of his own end. It can
 be said to be the last summary of his 20 years in Jeju. Jeju Island was more than a
 place for photography for Kim Young-Gap. Jeju Island served as various spaces for him
 until he established himself as the existence of ‘Dumoak’ that means Mt. Halla in his
 status as a stranger, not a native. This article considers the spatial meaning of Jeju
 Island for Kim Young-Gap in three aspects: ‘communication and healing’, ‘cutting
 connections and cultivation’, and ‘self-fulfilling prophecy and rest’.