Bae Bien-u (born May 22, 1950) is a South Korean photographer.
Renowned as a professional photographer with themes especially concentrated on pine trees, he has become a representative photographer with the reputation of capturing the characteristic sentiments of Korea including the pine trees, oceans and mountains with his camera rather than a brush.
[2] He became better-known outside of South Korea after selling one of his pine tree photographs to English singer Elton John in 2005.
[3] Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak later gave a collection of Bae's pine tree photographs to U.S. president Barack Obama during a summit held in Washington.
[4] He served as professor of the Department of Photography at Seoul Institute of the Arts.