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 Sai Gon River, Viet Nam, Postcards from Home series, 2000. Gelatin silver print, 10x10"  Black Lady Mountain, Viet Nam, Postcards from Home series, 2000. Gelatin silver print, 10x10"  Family Prayers, Ho Chi Minh City, Postcards from Home series, 2000. Gelatin silver print, 10x10" |
Howard Henry Chen Born: Saigon, South Vietnam, 1972 Resides: Chicago, IL Heritage: Vietnamese Selected Exhibitions: Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL Center for Documentary Studies, Durham, NC Gallery Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Education: BS, Boston University MFA, Columbia College, Chicago, IL Awards: Fullbright Fellowship for Photography, 1999 Residencies: Light Work, 2003 Center for Photography at Woodstock, 2001 Publications: Nueva Luz, Volume 10#3 Artist Statement: As a photographer working in Vietnam (2000), I witnessed firsthand the long-term effects of the war, the changing social and political sensibilities, and the reach of economic and cultural globalism. However, I wanted to make photographs that could balance the frenetic, news-driven images. As a Vietnamerican, I wanted to create a new set of pictures that could site somewhere in between the images of Vietnam to which the world has grown accustomed, and use a new visual grammar with which we can talk about Vietnam. I was constantly looking for images that bolstered the self-satisfied loneliness I felt as a returning refugee. Website: http://www.howardhenrychen.com |
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