I know I just posted about Park Jiyoon not long ago, but in the spirit of discussing artists with hidden talents, here’s another bit of news about the singer-actor.

It’s no secret that Park Jiyoon’s an amateur photographer; she hasn’t been very active in the acting or kpop arenas for a while; her last album (her sixth) was released in 2003, and she’s had a few low-key acting roles since then.

Perhaps her time was being put to better use — because she may be a decent kpop entertainer (her voice is wispy-weak though distinctive, but her songs are catchy), but it’s my opinion that her artistic sense is much more suited to her newer photographic pursuits. Now, she’s about to release a book — a photoessay collection — titled Park Jiyoon’s Secret Garden, but she’s pre-empted release by posting up some samplings online first.

(Random) SONG OF THE DAY

Love & Pop - “널 잊으려해도” (although I try to forget you) [ zShare download ]

See some photos excerpted from “Secret Garden” >>

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Apparently singer (and sometimes actress) Park Jiyoon just posted these pics (left) on her cyworld of herself dressed up as a man. Is it news? Hardly. (You know Korean entertainment media is having a sloooow news day when pictures on a celeb cyworld merit news; but that beef is for another day.) Okay, there’s a bit in there about her SBS drama Bichunmu with Joo Jin Mo being broadcast in 2008, but that wasn’t the point of the article.

But maybe for once media isn’t exaggerating when they say Yoon Eun Hye’s Coffee Prince-inspired fashions are setting some trends. When actress Park Shin Hye cut her hair short in a boyish style not long ago (reportedly for her role in the series Ggakdugi, aka “Radish Kimchee”), everyone immediately pointed to the Eun Chan comparison.

So, what’s my point? (You mean I have to have one?) Park Jiyoon was, interestingly enough, a name that was widely reported earlier this year as having been cast in Coffee Prince — in the Yu Ju role which ended up going to Chae Jung Ahn. And, of course, she also released an album several years ago titled “Man” with its title track, “I’m A Man,” and donned androgynous (but pretty), gender-bendery clothes to go with it.

SONG OF THE DAY

Park Jiyoon - “가져요.” This song isn’t from her “Man” album, although this one is.
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More pretty pics and the original article >>

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