Sze Tsung Leong (born 1970) is an American and British photographer and artist interested in urban studies.
Biography
Born in Mexico City, he grew up there and in Los Angeles. He then studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and earned architecture degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he was awarded the Wheelwright Prize. Leong received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. He now lives in New York City.
Publications
- (contributor and co-editor) Harvard Project on the City (organized by Rem Koolhaas): volumes on Great Leap Forward and Guide to Shopping. Both vols. pub. Cologne, 2002.
- History Images. Photographs of urban spaces and construction projects in China. Steidl, 2007. ISBN 3-86521-274-3.
- Horizons. A collection of landscape photographs. Yossi Milo Gallery, 2008. ISBN 978-0-615-19227-7. Exhibition catalogue.
- Berlin and Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 2014. ISBN 978-3-7757-3789-0. With essays by Pico Iyer, Duncan Forbes, Joshua Chuang, Leong, and Charlotte Cotton.
Collections
Leong's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 2 prints (as of 4 October 2021)
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN: 1 print (as of 4 October 2021)
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL: 2 prints (as of 4 October 2021)
- Museum of Modern Art, New York: 7 prints (as of 4 October 2021)
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco: 4 prints (as of 4 October 2021)
References
- ^ "Sze Tsung Leong". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- Gefter, Philip (6 April 2008). "Keeping His Eye on the Horizon (Line)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- Smith, Roberta (28 April 2006). "Art in Review; Sze Tsung Leong – History Images". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- "Winners". Wheelwright Prize. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- "Steidl". Archived from the original on 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- "NYAB Event – Sze Tsung Leong "Horizons"". www.nyartbeat.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- "Search the Collection". www.metmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- "artist:%22Sze%20Tsung%20Leong%22". collections.artsmia.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- "Museum of Contemporary Photography". www.mocp.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- "Leong, Sze Tsung". SFMOMA. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
External links
- Official website
- Words Without Pictures
- Interview with Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, thegreatleapsideways