An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers sharing bowl and the deep black eyes

and the deep black eyes of the birds seem to gaze hauntingly at the camera

from the black-and-white photographs taken on her first trip back to Vietnam after the war to a cyclorama-style installation of different landscapes linked by sinuous waters

the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo and the American Academy in Rome

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An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers sharing bowl and the deep black eyesOver her three decade career, An My L has considered the cycles of global conflict, the consequences of diaspora, and the sensationalization of warfare. Born in Vietnam in 1960, L came to the United States in 1975 as a political refugee after the fall of Saigon. These experiences of war and displacement are woven throughout her work, from the black and white photographs taken on her first trip back to Vietnam after the war to a cyclorama style