AN-MY LE – DO-MI-NO
2021-06-07The title of the exhibition, đô-mi-nô, alludes to the Cold War-era geopolitical concept of “domino theory.” Đô-mi-nô is the translation from French to a Vietnamese that is the modern national version that was romanized by European Jesuit priests in the 1600s.
For over twenty-five years, the Vietnamese American photographer An-My Lê has been steadily redefining the tradition of documentary photography. Working in distinct series which often span years, her work has shown her to be one of the most reliable witnesses to the complexities of American life. Her photographs, taken with a large-format film camera, often blur the boundaries between the actual and its representation, embracing performance as a means to explore conflict and war, the military-industrial complex, and national identity through memory and place. Her clear-eyed perception and distanced perspective call into question the status of photographic ‘objectivity,’ and coax the complexities of various sociopolitical settings and of human behavior.
Opposite – Security and Stabilization Operations, Iraqi Police, from 29 Palms, 2003-2004
Exhibition runs through to August 20th, 2021
Marian Goodman Gallery
24 West 57th Street
New York
NY 10019
