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Davidson, NORTH CAROLINA

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  • Artist: Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong (Mexican, British, and American, b. 1970)

British-Mexican-American photographer. Born in Mexico City in 1970, Leong spent his childhood between Mexico, Britain, and the United States and is currently based in Los Angeles and New York. He studied at the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, California), received a BA in photography from the University of California, Berkeley in 1993, and continued to receive a MA degree from Harvard University in 1998. Leong’s work examines urban landscapes through photography. He is well known for his collections titled “History Images,” “Horizons,” and “Cities,” each of which focuses on the earth’s terrain as, erased by progress (History Images), natural and urban landscapes (Horizons), urban constructions (Cities). In 2023, Leong and his collaborator, writer Judy Chui-Hua Chung, won the design competition for the Memorial to the Victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre in Los Angeles.

Xinjiekou, Xaunwu District, Nanjing, 2004, From the series History Images by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Xinjiekou, Xaunwu District, Nanjing, 2004, From..., 2004
Chromogenic print
40 x 48 in
(101.6 x 121.92 cm)
Great Wall by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Great Wall, 2004
Dye coupler print
24 x 44 in
(60.96 x 111.76 cm)
La Paz by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • La Paz, 2010
Oversized dye coupler print
48 x 59 in
(121.92 x 149.86 cm)
Guanajuato I, from the series Cities by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Guanajuato I, from the series Cities, 2009
Chromogenic print on board
43.5 x 54.5 in
(110.49 x 138.43 cm)
San Francisco, La Paz, From the series Cities, 2010 by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • San Francisco, La Paz, From the series Cities, ..., 2010
Digital chromogenic print mounted on dibond
44 x 55 in
(111.76 x 139.7 cm)
Canale della Guidecca II, Venezia, from Horizons by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Canale della Guidecca II, Venezia, from Horizons, 2007
Chromogenic print on aluminum
27.25 x 47.25 in
(69.22 x 120.02 cm)
Hong Kong Bay by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Hong Kong Bay, 2004
Dye coupler print
24 x 44 in
(60.96 x 111.76 cm)
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, from the series Cities by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
  • Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, from the series..., 2007
Dye coupler print
24 x 44 in
(60.96 x 111.76 cm)