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The Story behind Moon’s portrait featured on Time cover

Moon Jae-In, President of South Korea

Source: SBS Korean

An Australian photographer Adam Ferguson went over to South Korea to take portraits of then a presidential candidate Moon and he had some interesting experiences to share.Here is the story behind that powerful photo.


A portrait of President Moon Jae-in that appeared TIME magazines cover has created a huge buzz in the last week of the election campaign and after his inauguration with a record sale. An Australian photographer Adam Ferguson went over to South Korea to take portraits of then a presidential candidate Moon and he had some interesting experiences to share.Here is the story behind that powerful photo.


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