Nuclear Family is a photographic series of the artist YOON CHO and her husband posing as a young married couple in suburbia with an imaginary silhouetted baby. CHO have lived most of her life in urban settings. In the second year of their marriage, they moved into their first house in a suburban neighborhood of young families where babies were spotted everywhere. Their family and friends asked when they were going to have little ones. In response, Nuclear Family series was conceived as a season’s greeting card in 2004. As CHO was learning to live a suburban life, she captured the moments of them working around the house to create their new home.

These captured images of two individuals working together to build one new physical dwelling space transcend into building a new identity as one unit. The placed silhouetted baby reflects the conflict and conformity to the artist's new environment in a suburban setting in the process of building her new identity.

1. YOON CHO, Nuclear Family - Season's Greetings, '04, ©2004, 11" x 8.5", inkjet print, edition n/a
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2. YOON CHO, Car Washing, ©2005, 20" x 16", digital c-print, edition of 6
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3. YOON CHO, Gardening, ©2005, 20" x 16", digital c-print, edition of 6
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4. YOON CHO, Jogging, ©2005, 36" x 24", digital c-print, edition of 6
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5. YOON CHO, paving, ©2005, 36" x 24", digital c-print, edition of 6
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6. YOON CHO, Curtain Hanging, ©2005, 36" x 24", digital c-print, edition of 6
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7. YOON CHO, Gazebo Assembly, ©2005, 36" x 24", digital c-print, edition of 6
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8. YOON CHO, Painting, ©2005, 36" x 24", digital c-print, edition of 6
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9. YOON CHO, Christmas decorating, ©2005, 36" x 24", digital c-print, edition of 6
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10. YOON CHO, Baby Room, ©2005, 36" x 24", digital c-print, edition of 6
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