"The writer and poet Ocean Vuong, for instance, is the sort of person one could reasonably describe in a press release as "one of the defining voices of his generation" without raising any eyebrows. It's not surprising, then, that when Vuong publicly revealed that he's a photographer, too, he soon landed a solo exhibition at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Hudson Valley photo mecca now housed in a lovingly restored four-story factory building."
"Vuong has apparently been taking pictures ever since he was a teenager, when a friend handed him a Nikon camera to shoot flash photos of their basement punk show. Something clicked, and he kept photographing, the images developing in tandem with his writing. This first exhibition, Sống - Vietnamese for "to live" - captures the New England immigrant experience of Vuong's writing, and more specifically the connection he forged with his brother, Nicky, in the wake of their mother's death in 2019."
Ocean Vuong's solo photography exhibition Sống is installed at the Center for Photography at Woodstock in a lovingly restored four-story factory building. The photographs capture the New England immigrant experience and the intimate connection formed with his brother Nicky after their mother's death in 2019. Vuong began taking pictures as a teenager when a friend handed him a Nikon to shoot flash photos at basement punk shows, and he continued photographing as his visual practice developed alongside other creative work. The exhibition's images have a confident, immediate presence, and the accompanying sold-out artist book references photo history from Nicéphore Niépce to Garry Wi.
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