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An-My Lê

Photographer | Class of 2012

Approaching the subjects of war and landscape from new perspectives to create images that blur the boundaries between fact and fiction and are rich with layers of meaning. Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
52 at time of award

An-My Lê received B.A.S. (1981) and M.S. (1985) degrees from Stanford University and an M.F.A. (1993) from Yale University. Since 1998, she has been affiliated with Bard College, where she is currently a professor in the Department of Photography. Her work has been exhibited at such venues as the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.

"Vietnamese American Photographer An-My Le Selected For Whitney Biennial"
An-My Lê, 2012 MacArthur Fellow
"An-My Lê with Sara Christoph"
Brooklyn Rail
"An-My Lê’s 'Events Ashore'"
"Baltimore Museum of Art Showcases Work by An-My Le, Gerard Byrne"
The Baltimore Sun
An-My Le, 2012 MacArthur Fellow
"Point And Shoot"
"Vietnamerican Art: New Randolph College Exhibit Celebrates the Work of Foreign-Born Artists"
The News & Advance
An-Me Lê, 2012 MacArthur Fellow
"What Kind of Camera Does a Genius Use?"
 

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