no’aStudios
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no’a studios

movement preserved through images.

Visual Storytelling by Jackie Kim

Selected work

Full
Frame.(13)

  1. 01The Evening RoomLive musicStills + Film↗
  2. 02Labor DayShort filmFilm↗
  3. 03Dekoo CafeBrand filmFilm↗
  4. 04Mic Drop MondayPerformance recapFilm↗
  5. 05Project 96Doc seriesFilm↗
  6. 06HADADocumentaryFilm↗
  7. 07CastletonCommunity recapFilm↗
  8. 08WIA Machine ToolsBrand documentaryFilm + Stills↗
  9. 09Hahn WeddingWeddingStills↗
  10. 10Clara's DolFirst birthdayStills↗
  11. 11Bergen Screen GolfBrand / spaceStills↗
  12. 12PaulPortraitsStills↗
  13. 13ArchivePersonal workStills↗
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The Evening Room

Type
Live music
Format
Stills + film

A jazz night run on table lamps and one red bulb — sax, upright bass, a singer reading off her phone, and a room that didn't want to go home.

Singer standing beside a table lamp on a patterned rug
A guest laughing in a mirror-lit salon
A fringed table lamp glowing in the dark
Saxophonist in a zigzag shirt, black and white
Singer lit in red
A guest at an illuminated mirror
Microphone and cymbal under red light
Singer at the microphone, black and white
Play
read with
caution
Spoken word
Excerpt
Saxophonist beside a glowing lamp
Upright bassist in red light
Drum kit mid-hit, black and white
Guitarist laughing, black and white
A red wall with a small printed sign

Moving image

Films.(06)

Play
labor day02 — Short film
0:53
Play
dekoo cafe03 — Brand film
0:31
Play
mic drop monday04 — Performance recap
Excerpt
Play
project 96
doing is believing
05 — Doc series, wk 1
Excerpt
Play
hada06 — Documentary
Excerpt
Play
castleton07 — Community recap
Excerpt
08 / 13

WIA Machine
Tools

Type
Brand documentary
Format
Film + stills

Machine shops, the people who run them, and a lot of open sky between. Interviews, b-roll and stills from the shoot.

Play
wia machine toolsBrand documentary
Excerpt
Yellow robotic arm beside CNC machines
Crew walking across a sunlit yard
Machinist working at a lathe
Yellow jib crane on a shop floor
09 / 13

Hahn Wedding

Type
Wedding
Format
Stills

Blue tile, hard sun, a veil that kept catching the wind.

Bride getting ready, adjusting an earring
Bride holding her bouquet in front of a tiled fountain
Couple face to face under the veil
A kiss under the veil
Bride and groom arm in arm, black and white
Groom and bride laughing, bouquet raised into the sun
Bride walking with her father, black and white
Bride laughing with a friend
10 / 13

Clara's Dol

Type
First birthday
Format
Stills

A doljanchi in hanbok — one candle, a lot of family, and a guest of honor who stayed unimpressed.

Parents kissing their daughter, black and white
Baby in a bonnet looking up, black and white
Mother and baby against a warm orange wall
Family over a cake with a single candle, black and white
Parents blowing out the candle together, black and white
11 / 13

Bergen Screen
Golf

Type
Brand / space
Format
Stills

Green turf, dark rooms, and the glow of a simulator screen.

Golf ball on a tee, low angle
Golfer mid-swing in a simulator bay
Motion-blurred swing
Practice room door marked 8
Club rack and ball on the hitting mat
Hitting mat and glowing control pad
12 / 13

Paul

Type
Portraits
Format
Stills
Portrait in a white shirt, black and white
Portrait among pine trees
Seated portrait on a sofa, black and white

13 — Personal work

Archive.(29)

Long-exposure street crossing with umbrellas
rush hourstreets
Performer in a red room
red roomlive
Studio portrait
studio ifaces
Basketball backboard on the street
backboardstreets
Floating in a pool
floatdays
Stage light over a band
stage lightlive
Photographer holding a camera, black and white
shooterfaces
Fire escape
fire escapestreets
Commencement ceremony
commencementdays
Frontman at the microphone
frontmanlive
Midsummer portrait, black and white
midsummerfaces
One-way sign against a night sky, black and white
one waystreets
Friends posing
good girldays
Band on a blue-lit set
blue setlive
Corrugated metal wall
corrugatedstreets
Midsummer portrait, black and white
midsummer iifaces
Class photo
class photodays
No parking sign
no parkingstreets
Curtain call, black and white
curtain calllive
Portrait of joy, black and white
joyfaces
Park bench
park benchdays
Off-season beach, black and white
off seasonstreets
Hands, black and white
handsfaces
Peace sign
peacedays
Boardwalk, black and white
boardwalkstreets
Portrait, be different, black and white
be differentfaces
Outfits
fitsdays
Choir
choirdays
Basketball in motion
swishdays
A fringed table lamp glowing in the dark
The Evening Room — lamp no. 2

About

no’a studios is the practice of photographer and filmmaker Jackie Kim — working where the light is difficult and the moment is short: live rooms, weddings, first birthdays, machine shops, and the street on the way home.

Based in
New York
Practice
Photography · Film · Edit
Carries
Fujifilm X100VI
Available for
Commissions & collaborations
01

Photography

  • Live music & events
  • Weddings & celebrations
  • Portraits & headshots
  • Brands & spaces
02

Film

  • Brand documentaries
  • Short films
  • Event & performance recaps
  • Vertical / social cuts
03

Selected projects

  • WIA Machine Tools
  • Bergen Screen Golf
  • Dekoo Cafe
  • HADA
  • Mic Drop Monday
  • Project 96