19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Young Army soldier in South Korea 1986 looking back with soulful eyes

This is a photograph of a young Army Soldier stationed in South Korea, 1986. His eyes speak the audience - soulful and soft, reaching through the past to the present, almost as if you're in this memory, this moment, with him.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2019
Date Uploaded: 09.2021
Photo Location: DMZ, 38th Parallel, South Korea
Camera: Pixel XL
Copyright: © Christina Gill