Stéphan Gladieu

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 A group of woman during a mass dance rehearsal in front of the monument to the Party foudation.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A family pose in Pyongyang central ZOO

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A young couple standing on Kim Il Sung Square. PyongYang central square is famous for the North Korean massif military parades. The square is ringed by austere-loocking buildings. The most impressive one is the Grand People Study House, the country largest library and national centre of Juche

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Hong Su Jong pose at the Kwangbok, or Liberation, department store in Pyongyang

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A group of children is playing with manual bumpers cars at Mangyondae amusement park. The amusement park is only 12 kilometers from the north Korean capital city of Pyongyang, boast an area of 700 000 square meters including a repaired rollercoaster, merry-go-round, a train ride and a wading pool.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Ra Yung Jong, saler of lingerie pose in the workshop of the Zhenghsu Pyongyang textile factory. Zhengsu Pyongyang textile factory is North Korea's largest textile factory with 8500 workers which 80% of women

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 Kim Yun Gyong, Han Sol Gyong, Kim Won Gyong, Kang Sun Hwa and Kong Su Hyang in the 3D movie theater at SCI Tech Complex.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 Kim Hyang and Kim Ju Hyang pose in the Meari Shooting Range.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 Ti Yong Chol and Kim Yong Hui two student standing on Munsu Street

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Kim Un Ju ans Ri Sol Hwa at Ryugyong Ophtalmic hospital

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 A pastor pose with congregants in Pyongyang protestant temple

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Gwang Chol, Ri Son Gyong pose in front of the monument of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea The Monument to Party Founding is a monument in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The monument is rich in symbolism: the hammer, sickle and calligraphy brush symbolize the workers, farmers and intellectuals. The element is 50 meters high to symbolize the 50-year anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea. The number of slabs comprising the belt around the monument and its diameter stand for the date of birth of Kim Jong-il. The inscription on the outer belt says "The organizers of the victory of the Korean people and the leader of the Workers Party of Korea!" On the inside of the belt are three bronze reliefs with their distinct meanings: the historical root of the party, the unity of people under the party and the party's vision for a progressive future. Two red flag-shaped buildings with letters forming the words "ever-victorious" surround the monument.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 Jo Hyang Mi, Jang Yun Hui, Ri Un Bok, Kim Bok Sin, choe Hyong Ju pose in the ship restaurant uniform in front of the tower of the juche idea

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A man pos in front of a military propaganda poster in Pyongyang central street.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A family pose behing a painted wall in tribute to the North Korean space programm in front of Munsu water park.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 Three students from the university stand on Kim Il Sung Square. PyongYang central square is famous for the North Korean massif military parades. The square is ringed by austere-loocking buildings.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Chae Un Hyok’s pose in front of military monument near the statue of "the great leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung and the great leader Generalissimo Kim Jong Il" Each North Korean come one a time to pay respect to the formers North Korean leaders.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 The doctor Ri Su Rim durinfg a medical examination of Miss Yu Hyang Suk at the Zhenghsu Pyongyang textile factory. Zhengsu Pyongyang textile factory is North Korea's largest textile factory with 8500 workers which 80% of women

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Doctor Jo Chong Mi and nurse Kim Won Uk during a medical examination at Okryu Children hospital

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 O Yong Ae, a traffic woman pose in the center of Pyongyang. The are chosen for their looks in a society that still remains mainly traditionalist. The women must leave the role if they marry, and have a finite shelf-life, with compulsory retirement looming at just 26. The traffic ladies were originally introduced in the 1980s, when vehicles were a rarity on the streets of Pyongyang and remained so for decades, giving rise to the surreal sight of them directing - with precision and energy - non-existent cars on wide but deserted boulevards.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Ri Yong Song, Pak Tae Hun, Bae Yi Chon students of So Hung Primary School pose in front of the statue of "the great leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung and the great leader Generalissimo Kim Jong Il" Each North Korean come one a time to pay respect to the formers North Korean leaders.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 Four student pose during a break at Kim Il Sung University. Built in 1946 it's the first and most famous North Korean university

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 A class room in Pyongyang No. 1 Senior-middle School. As part of the special education policy for the talented, the North Korean government established Pyongyang No. 1 Senior-middle School in 1984, where education courses correspond with the national curriculum for high schools in South Korea. By 1985, the North Korean regime had established a No.1 Senior-middle School for each provincial government and started a full-scale special education program for the gifted. Located in the Shinwon-dong of Bontongkang-district, Pyongyang, Pyongyang No. 1 Senior-middle School has a total floor space of 28,000 square meters, a four-story building for primary school, a ten-story building for Senior-middle school, dormitories, a cafeteria, and other accessory buildings. It is surely the best school in North Korea.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 A class room in Pyongyang No. 1 Senior-middle School. As part of the special education policy for the talented, the North Korean government established Pyongyang No. 1 Senior-middle School in 1984, where education courses correspond with the national curriculum for high schools in South Korea. By 1985, the North Korean regime had established a No.1 Senior-middle School for each provincial government and started a full-scale special education program for the gifted. Located in the Shinwon-dong of Bontongkang-district, Pyongyang, Pyongyang No. 1 Senior-middle School has a total floor space of 28,000 square meters, a four-story building for primary school, a ten-story building for Senior-middle school, dormitories, a cafeteria, and other accessory buildings. It is surely the best school in North Korea.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 A group of univerity student pose in the SCI Tech complex,Sci-Tech Complexis a science and technology centre housed in a large atom-shaped building, in tribute to the North Korean nuclear and spatial programm. As the Unha-3 replica prominently displayed in this cinematogrphic construction

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Sin Guk Myong stand in front of Ryugyong hotel This building is a mystery, the construction start in 1987 but was never really achieve and no one know exactly if it will be. The hotel is not any more presented in the official publication.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Kim Ho’s family in their living room on Mirae Scientists’ Street

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Yu Gyong Il worker at Pyongyang wire and cable factory

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Kim Hyo Sim a worker of the Zhenghsu Pyongyang textile factory. Zhengsu Pyongyang textile factory is North Korea's largest textile factory with 8500 workers which 80% of women

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 Ji Jong Ho in front of a oven during a fusion casting at Cholima Stell complex outside Pyongyang

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Worker of the Zhenghsu Pyongyang textile factory. Zhengsu Pyongyang textile factory is North Korea's largest textile factory with 8500 workers which 80% of women

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 During the spring on sunday or during holydays, Pyongyang family like to picnic in Mansudae parc.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Kim Gum Sim and Ryu Song Hyang, two workers pose in the swimming pool of the food factory of capital Pyongyang's Mangyongdae district. The fifth floor of a food factory has been turned into a place of fun, the waterpark, complete with pools and basketball hoops, as well as sunloungers, a fish pond, grotto and sauna. On an island in the pool is a huge trophy - an apparent nod to the factory's role making food for the country's athletes. This factory claim to be the coolest workplace worldwide.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Two young mens pose at Pyongyang Ice Ring

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A group of children is posing in front of the roller coaster at Mangyondae amusement park. The amusement park is only 12 kilometers from the north Korean capital city of Pyongyang, boast an area of 700 000 square meters including a repaired rollercoaster, merry-go-round, a train ride and a wading pool.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Kim Gyong Tae, Gwon Gang Hun and Kim Jong Hyok pose at the Golden Lane Bowling in PyongYang. This students are still wearing their student clothes.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea Wonsan June 2017 Thre boys on Wonsan beach

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A group of children is playing with manual bumpers cars at Mangyondae amusement park. The amusement park is only 12 kilometers from the north Korean capital city of Pyongyang, boast an area of 700 000 square meters including a repaired rollercoaster, merry-go-round, a train ride and a wading pool.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 Some student pose in the play groun of the SCI Tech Complex.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 Kim Ji Hye, Han Sin Hyang, Ri Su Rim, Kim Un Ju and Cha Yong Sim pose at Munsu Water Park

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 A young boy pose at Munsu Water Park

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 A group of workers pose in the swimming pool of the food factory of capital Pyongyang's Mangyongdae district. The fifth floor of a food factory has been turned into a place of fun, the waterpark, complete with pools and basketball hoops, as well as sunloungers, a fish pond, grotto and sauna. On an island in the pool is a huge trophy - an apparent nod to the factory's role making food for the country's athletes. This factory claim to be the coolest workplace worldwide.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 Pak Un Ju family in the Natural history museum

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Pak Chol Guk on Kim Il Sung Square

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A father and a son in front of the tower of the Juche Idea, north korean main doctrin

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A door keeper pose in front of a Mont Kumgang paperwall in an hotel hall near Mont Kumgang

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 North Korean at the Kwangbok, or Liberation, department store in Pyongyang

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 A group of musician in front of the monument to the Party foudation. Mass dance and music rehearsal are done in the street to provide motivation to the walkers

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Bae Yun Gyong, Kim Bok Ryon and Gang Yun Gyong pose behing a plastic wedding buffet in a Pyongyang restaurant

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Kim Song Hui, hair dresser at the Changgwang Health Complex. Hair cut is a very sensitive subject in North Korea North Korean hairs cut is a worldwide debate. Have both sexes 15 approved haircut models? Did Kim Jong-un ordered men to copy his hairstyle, limiting growth to a maximum length of 2cm? Nothing is clear we can't be sure. But in North Korea if you are not sure you'll never ever take a risk....

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 Three workers waiting fot an haircut at Pyongyang wire and cable factory. The photo shows possible hair styles. North Korean hairs cut is a worldwide debate. Have both sexes 15 approved haircut models? Did Kim Jong-un ordered men to copy his hairstyle, limiting growth to a maximum length of 2cm? Nothing is clear we can't be sure. But in North Korea if you are not sure you'll never ever take a risk....

North Koreans Portraits North Korea Sariwon October 2017 Farmer's working in Sariwon Coperative farm

North Koreans Portraits North Korea Sariwon October 2017 Farmer's working in Sariwon Coperative farm

North Koreans Portraits North Korea Saariwon June 2018 Three workers cleaning the cabbage in Sariwon collective farm

North Koreans Portraits North Korea Sariwon June 2018 Three workers in a rice field planting rice in Sariwon collective farm

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A farmer pose in her living room with her 15 son. No chairs, no table, nothing at all expect a TV and few decoration.

North Koreans Portraits North Korea Sariwon October 2017 Farmer's working in Sariwon Coperative farm

North Koreans Portraits North Korea Sariwon June 2018 Tractor driver in Sariwon collective farm

North Koreans Portraits North Korea Sariwon October 2017 Farmer's working in Sariwon Coperative farm

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 Kim Su Ryon in the subway

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang October 2017 A soldier pose in front of the USS Pueblo, the seizure of a US spy ship by North Korea nearly sparked nuclear war in 1968, 83 US marins were held captive. Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2017 A business man pose with his wife next two two soldiers on military leave in Pyongyang Central Zoo

North Koreans Portraits North Korea PyongYang June 2018 A pastor pose with congregants in Pyongyang protestant temple