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Acclaimed author Ocean Vuong turns focus to photography

Ocean Vuong is a MacArthur Fellowship winner and best-selling author, most recently of “The Emperor of Gladness.” But he’s also a photographer; His first solo exhibition opens at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday.

Here & Now‘s Emiko Tamagawa got a preview and speaks with Vuong about his photography.

Ocean Vuong, "Nicky after 12-hour shift," 2025. (Courtesy of Ocean Vuong)
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Ocean Vuong, "Nicky after 12-hour shift," 2025. (Courtesy of Ocean Vuong)

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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