Photographer An-My Lê Interviewed on Louisiana Channel
An-My Lê, Charles Franklin Kellogg and Grace E. Ramsey Kellogg Professor in the Arts.
An-My Lê, Charles Franklin Kellogg and Grace E. Ramsey Kellogg Professor in the Arts, was interviewed for a feature on Louisiana Channel, the YouTube channel of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark with weekly videos on art and design. Lê spoke about her project Silent General and also about her experiences photographing military technology and the aftermath of war. In her conflict photography, Lê values subtlety and presenting a picture without telling the viewer how to think. “A good picture is one that is surprising,” she said. “It may be something that is familiar to me, but it's described in a way I've never seen before, [so that] it’s making me understand the situation in a new way.”
Lê spoke about understanding her childhood after she evacuated from Vietnam to the US through her work as an artist. When she took her first photography class in college, she discovered her skills in visual expression and was encouraged by a professor to become a photographer. She eventually traveled back to Vietnam and photographed the country in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. “Dealing with the unknown is a big part of being a photographer,” she says. “It requires one to be courageous, to go to places you don’t normally go to, or you may fail; it’s about realizing something that you don’t know.”
Post Date: 11-13-2024
Lê spoke about understanding her childhood after she evacuated from Vietnam to the US through her work as an artist. When she took her first photography class in college, she discovered her skills in visual expression and was encouraged by a professor to become a photographer. She eventually traveled back to Vietnam and photographed the country in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. “Dealing with the unknown is a big part of being a photographer,” she says. “It requires one to be courageous, to go to places you don’t normally go to, or you may fail; it’s about realizing something that you don’t know.”
Post Date: 11-13-2024