He Went Back and Took the Same Photos Again — Jongshin's Last Day in New York

Posted by Sumi | @miguktv | August 2026

It was Jongshin's last day in New York. A family graduation in Connecticut, then a flight home to Korea out of Boston. Deciding where to spend the final day took about ten seconds.

The Hudson Valley. It's where he first came, back during Covid.

Three things happened that day.

One. He stood in our garden again, in the same spot he'd stood in years ago.

Two. At the museum he pulled up his old photos and retook them — same spot, same pose. Then held the two side by side for a long time.

Three. After five episodes of king crab and Broadway and a Sicilian dinner in Hell's Kitchen, the last meal of the whole trip wasn't at a restaurant.

There's also an artist I saw for the first time in this episode, and I couldn't speak for a while afterward. I'd rather not explain that one here. It's the kind of thing that stops working the moment someone describes it to you first.

This is the final episode of the Jongshin series. Five episodes, filmed across five days in May. Saying goodbye to someone is a strange thing — you can know a person completely and still be surprised by how much you mind.

▶ Dia:Beacon with Jongshin — 16 minutes

Have you ever gone back somewhere with an old photo and taken it again? I watched someone do it for the first time this week, and it did something to the room I wasn't expecting.

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