North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un is frequently portrayed in the media, but the country over which he rules with an iron fist remains largely elusive to many in the West.
Not only has the government walled the Hermit Kingdom off from the rest of the world, it has taken painstaking measures to obscure the working knowledge outsiders do have of North Korean citizens' everyday life, and vice versa.
These 32 portraits of North Korean citizens offer a rare glimpse into their day-to-day lives.
Children play in the kindergarten at Jangchon Vegetable Co-op farm outside of Pyongyang.
Young children are taught anti-American sentiment, and are instructed to wield toy rifles and grenades against cartoon images of soldiers.
These kindergarten kids go to school at the the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill in Pyongyang.
Schoolgirls learn to play guitar at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in May 2016.
These kids might be learning to play guitar, but the accordion is actually a popular instrument in the Hermit Kingdom.
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