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An-My Lê Quotes

born 1960 United States

An-My Lê (born 1960) is a Vietnamese-American photographer and professor at Bard College.

United States
Academics
Artists
Photographers

Random An-My Lê quote

3 quotes

I think anyone can make one, two great photographs. It is the endeavor, the sustained effort and exploration of an idea or a subject that is more significant.

Interview with Daylight Books (2017)

Landscape, at its best, is not a narrow category. It is a source of surprise. It allows for the sudden assertion of a place, like an unexpected time signature within a melody.

Interview with the Art Newspaper (2020)

We never thought we could or would return to Vietnam. It was almost 20 years before the possibility arose. Memories are ever shifting when you live in exile.

Interview with the Art Newspaper (2020)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: An-My Lê (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.