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Lê Van Khoa
American, born Vietnam, 1933
Le Van Khoa was born in the Mekong River delta in Vietnam. Following the withdrawal of US troops at the conclusion of the USA-Vietnam war, the self-taught photographer arrived in the USA in May of 1975. After teaching photography at Salisbury State College in Maryland between 1976 and 1977, Le settled in southern California where he has composed, arranged, produced and written about music over the past 40 years. Le's 1973-1974 images of the end of the day and nightfall serve as metaphors for war-weary Vietnam in the last years of two decades of conflict. In quiet shadows, fishermen and their families live aboard their fishing boats, drawn to shore for the night; a child sleeps in the arms of a watchful mother; figures cross the seemingly lifeless expanse of Bao Tran, Vietnam's small desert; nets hang dried and ready for the next day's catch. F. Klapthor, 2015.
Le Diem Kieu, 12 March 2008
Le Van Khoa was born June 10, 1933 in Can-Tho at the delta of Mekong River in South Vietnam. A war refugee, he set foot on American soil in May of 1975. He has written music in many genres and has to his credit over 600 compositions and arrangements. He has produced numerous arrangements of Vietnamese folk and popular songs for voice and orchestra, arrangements that have been used extensively by the Ngan Khoi Chorus and the Vietnamese American Philharmonic Orchestras. Le Van Khoa has also written countless articles on music and hosts a weekly radio show called "Music in Our Life" on Little Saigon Radio.
Le Van Khoa is a self-taught award winning photographer who began studying Photography in his early twenties. In 1968, he Co-founded the Artistic Photography Association and helped to produce three photography books. The Artistic Photography Association was in the top ten of the Al Thani International Photo Competition, and won a Gold Medal in the category of "Best Print Clubs" in the Trierenberg Super Circuit in Austria. Le Van Khoa was the first Vietnamese photographer to have a photography exhibition at the US Congress building. He has also taught Photography at Salisbury State College in Maryland between 1976 and 1977.
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