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Korean beauty, from shop floor to source (homepage film)

Slow zoom and pan over eight licensed photographs, joined with crossfades and encoded as a 32-second silent loop by CosmeticsinKorea. Released under CC BY-SA 4.0 because it adapts ShareAlike photographs; each source photo keeps its own licence.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Made 2026-11-02 · Uses: 명동8길 거리 (2020.03).jpg, Olive Young Myeongdong.jpg, Korean cosmetic products.jpg, Korea-Boseong-Green.tea-04.jpg, Box of Korean cosmetics.jpg, Korean ginseng.jpg, Korea-Gyeongju-Rice paddy field-01.jpg, Myeongdong night market seoul 2.jpg

MISSHA cosmetic tubes and packaging on a pink surface

Studio still life (Pexels)

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by Natallia
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Shoppers at the tills inside OLIVE YOUNG in Myeongdong, Seoul

Myeongdong, Seoul

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Sgroey
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A spread of Korean skincare bottles, tubes and jars

Korea

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Jmh65890
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Korean cleansers, gels and creams lined up on a bathroom shelf

Korea

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Teemeah
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Myeongdong 8-gil, a street of beauty shops in Myeongdong, Seoul

Myeongdong, Seoul

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Seoul Research Data Service (서울연구데이터서비스)
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The entrance of a DAISO store on Namdaemun-ro, Seoul

Namdaemun-ro, Seoul

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Kirakirameister
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A boxed set of green-tea skincare bottles and jars

Korea

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Teemeah
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Terraced green tea rows on a hillside in Boseong

Boseong, Jeollanam-do

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~Mers
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Whole roots of Korean ginseng

Korea

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Eugene Kim
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Ripening rice fields in a valley near Gyeongju

Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do

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riNux from Taipei, Taiwan
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Fresh Korean mugwort leaves

Korea

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dcland2
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The glass front of a LANEIGE beauty shop in Seoul

Seoul

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Gary Bembridge
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Myeongdong night market

Myeongdong, Seoul

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Sgroey
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Seongsu Street

Seongsu, Seoul

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Qhairy
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Hongdae Street

Hongdae, Seoul

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Qhairy
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An illuminated shopping street with street stalls in the Nampo area of Busan

Shopping streets near Gukje Market, Busan

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Ahmed
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