Photographer Eric Lafforg visited North Korea and captured its usual life. Everywhere man was accompanied by guides, deputed to him by the authorities. They told Lafforg that he must destroy these pictures, but he refused and published pictures after arrival to home. After the publication of the photos, entry to North Korea was denied for him.

The photographer said that the purpose of his trip and publishing pictures is to show the world that North Korea’s poor people live, and they are not soulless robots.

The army of North Korea – one of the largest in the world, but soldiers are often do a lot of black work.

“The authorities hate it when people make these photos. Even when I explained them that poverty exists everywhere, they still told me not to do those shots. “

Children works in fields. “Life is cruel in many places of North Korea, far from Western standards.”

This is a grown man, suffering from malnutrition. In North Korea, it is forbidden to shoot these people.

It is also prohibited to take pictures of badly dressed people.

Children languishing from hunger, gather corn.

You are not allowed to take pictures of the military.

“Taking photographs in the demilitarized zone (between North and South Korea) is easy, but if you get too close to the soldiers, they will stop you.”

The dolphins can be photographed only dolphins.

“This image certainly contributed to the fact that I was expelled from the country.” The soldier is resting.

In the villages people often take bath in the waters …

and fish, which is a good way to get food.

“On the trip by bus to Chongjin, where areas suffering from hunger, my camera was confiscated. When I saw the people on the streets, I understood why. “

Photographer urged to delete the picture, as you might think that the man is dead. In fact, it is a living person.

“In Kaesong, near the demilitarized zone, tourists live in a hotel complex, built from old houses. Guides say that the outside all the same. No, this is not so. “

“People go to the village for public works. Previously, authorities considered these images positive, but now they know that we consider them as an evidence of forced labor. “

“Passing these buildings, the guides have asked me not to shoot with the flash. The official reason – “not to scare people.”

The Government believes that the pictures in which people smile on the background of portraits of the leaders of the state, are insulting.

“Although the cars in Pyongyang are becoming more common for people, they are not used to them yet. Children continue to play in the middle of the road, as they not see passing cars. “

“In two supermarkets of Pyongyang you will find all kinds of foods and beverages. They even have water Evian, but buy these goods here can only the elite. “