Sangyon Joo founded and runs Datz Press, a publishing company based in Seoul, Korea. It runs together with Datz Museum and the Magazine Gitz, focusing on fine art photography. Sangyon Joo received her BFA from Seoul National University and MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has been involved in the cross-cultural art exchanges between Korea and the United States. Currently, she lives and works both in Seoul and New York.