Artist
An-My Lê
b. 1960, Saigon, South Vietnam · Vietnamese-American · Based in Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Stanford University, California
- Yale University School of Art, New Haven
- Large-format Photography
- Film
An-My Lê creates large-format photographs around war, military training, landscape and American power. Her own history as a refugee from Vietnam informs a practice that examines conflict through distance, rehearsal and environment rather than frontline reportage.
Photography
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
An-My Lê in "Protest" - Season 4 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
Art2114 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
An-My Lê: Photographing the Night Sky | Art21 "Extended Play"
Photographer An-My Lê: “A good picture is one that is surprising.” | Louisiana Channel
Louisiana Channel37 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1994–98Viêt Nam
- 1999–2002Small Wars
- 2003–0429 Palms
- 2005–14Events Ashore
- 2015 onwardSilent General
- 2006Trap Rock
- 2009Naval Hospital Ship
- 2015Louisiana
- 2010sHigh School JROTC
- 2020sOn Contested Terrain
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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