Lê Nguyên Phương
Lê Nguyên Phương (b. 2002, Ha Noi) is an emerging Vietnamese photographer, artist, and researcher. His work engages with counter-historical thoughts drawing on familial, communal, and collective identities within his communities.
Lê Nguyên Phương is a dummy book-loving photographer. During his time working in Australia, Phương’s handmade publications helped him receive a publishing award from Tall Poppy Press (2023), the Best Photobook Design Prize (2023) from the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne, and Second Prize at the Australian & New Zealand Photobook Awards (2024). His publications have been exhibited and featured at Objectifs Centre for Photography & Film (Singapore), PHOTO 2024 Biennale (Australia), Polycopies Photobook Fair (Paris), LA Art Book Fair (USA), Singapore Art Book Fair, Bristol Photobook Festival (UK), among others.
Phương is currently a lecturer in Photography at RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia).

Program

Points of Relation
A pop-up photography reading room curated by Lê Nguyên Phương and Mai Nguyên Anh
May 4 – June 21, 2026
Rare Sea – 3 Dang Thi Nhu, Ben Thanh Ward
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WORKSHOP SERIES: DUMMY BOOK 101
A four-session workshop on making photography dummy book by Lê Nguyên Phương
10:00 – 14:30, Saturdays & Sundays, March 14 – March 22, 2026
Rare Sea – 3 Đặng Thị Nhu, Phường Bến Thành
