She does not see herself as a war photographer, although war is her central theme. But An-My Lê is not interested in documenting conflicts, but in how people deal with war and the economic and ecological consequences: She describes herself as a landscape photographer who recognises and clarifies contexts − by which she means both actual landscapes and cultural landscapes. The exhibition An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre deux rivières at the Museum of Modern Art in New York is a special one: it is the first to exhibit not only Lê's photographic work − some of which is being shown publicly for the first time - but also her video and textile works as well as sculptures. In addition, the house will feature an immersive installation that Lê created especially for the occasion. The exhibits will be on display from 5 November 2023 to 16 March 2024.
An-My Lê was born in Saigon in 1960. After the so-called liberation of Saigon in 1975 and the resulting end of the Vietnam War, Lê moved to the USA to escape the new communist government. Today, she is a professor of photography at Bard College in New York and received the famous MacArthur Fellowship in 2012. The current exhibition is her second at MoMA after Small Wars in 2002, which brought her to the attention of a wider audience.
