In his work, which is part-autobiography and part-fantasy, photographer Tommy Kha explores fragmentation, the immigrant experience, and the evolving nature of identity. He reflects on family history, his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, his own life, and how the past reverberates in the present. Often infused with a sense of humor, Kha’s performative photographs playfully include himself, or extensions of himself in the forms of a mask or cutouts, in scenes before the camera, questioning what shapes identity and challenging the ways it can be represented in photography.
He is the 2021 recipient of the Next Step Award and his monograph Tommy Kha: Half, Full, Quarter was published by Aperture in 2023. Tommy Kha lives and works between Brooklyn, NY and Memphis, TN and currently teaches at Yale University.
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In his work, which is part-autobiography and part-fantasy, photographer Tommy Kha explores fragmentation, the immigrant experience, and the evolving nature of identity. He reflects on family history, his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, his own life (more)
