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Artistic photo of a Korean man and his mother sitting on a couch
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Tommy Kha (American, b. 1988), Headtown (V), Whitehaven, Memphis, 2017. Image courtesy and © Tommy Kha


Anderman Photography Lecture: Tommy Kha

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In his work, which is part-autobiography and part-fantasy, photographer Tommy Kha explores fragmentation, the immigrant experience, and the evolving nature of identity. He reflects on family history, his hometown of Memphis, and how the past reverberates in the present. Kha’s performative photographs are often infused with a sense of humor and playfully include himself, or extensions of himself in the forms of a mask or cutouts, questioning what shapes identity and challenging the ways it can be represented in photography.

Tommy Kha is a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow and currently teaches photography at Yale University. His monograph Tommy Kha: Half, Full, Quarter was published by Aperture in 2023. He lives and works between Brooklyn, New York and Memphis, Tennessee.

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Sharp Auditorium—Hamilton Building, Lower Level
Ticket required, discount for members, free for Museum Friends and students.
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The Anderman Photography Lecture Series

This event is part of the 2024-25 Anderman Photography Lecture Series.

Surreal photograph of severed head resting on a kitchen stovetop

Tommy Kha, Headtown (XII), Midtown Memphis, 2021. Image courtesy and © Tommy Kha

Severed hands rising from the rocks near a beach and body of water

Tommy Kha, Stops (II), Marsha P Johnson State Park, Brooklyn, NY, 2020. Image courtesy and © Tommy Kha

Surreal photo of a severed head resting on top of a cabinet

Tommy Kha, Sheepshead (II), Echo Park, Los Angeles, 2018. Image courtesy and © Tommy Kha

Larger shirtless man resting his head on his hand in a spring field

Tommy Kha, Take (XIII), Park Slope, Brooklyn, 2017. Image courtesy and © Tommy Kha

Surreal photograph of severed head resting on a kitchen stovetop
Severed hands rising from the rocks near a beach and body of water
Surreal photo of a severed head resting on top of a cabinet
Larger shirtless man resting his head on his hand in a spring field

The Anderman Photography Lecture Series presents talks by the preeminent creators and thinkers in photography today. Series funding is generously provided by Evan and Elizabeth Anderman.