Han Nguyen
[Image description: Han sits on a low garden wall, surrounded by plants, and looks directly at the viewer. He wears a dark knit cap, glasses, a blue plaid shirt, and jeans.]
Han Nguyen moved to the United States from Vietnam in 1975. Settling in California, he first discovered his love for creating images with a camera and the processes of photography. Nguyen’s delicate and transformative imagery investigates beauty, perception, and the medium itself through modest working methods that employ pinhole cameras, fabricated studio arrangements, photogram image-making processes, and subtle color toning and print masking procedures.
His photographs have been exhibited in numerous solo and traveling group exhibitions, most notably Han Nguyen: In Studio, organized by the Museum of Photographic Arts; Picturing Eden, organized by the George Eastman House; and Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California, organized by the Friends of Photography. His photographs are included in several public and private collections, including Museum of Photographic Arts, Sheldon Memorial Gallery University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Spencer Museum of Art, and Solari Foundation Photography Collection.
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