An-My Lê

Born 1960 in Saigon (present-day Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. Based in New York, USA.
An-My Lê first came to the United States as a political refugee at the age of fifteen, shortly before the Vietnam War ended in 1975. Using a large-format camera to capture expansive landscapes of military events, Lê's work is focused not on the actual combat but on its premonitions and aftermath-training, drills, and reenactments. She critically examines how war becomes embedded in culture, memory, and myth.