Tony Van Le

Curriculum Vitae

AWARDS AND HONORS

2023  Falling Out of the Sky, Singles Finalist, Livorno Photo Meeting, Italy

2023  Into the Unknown, Finalist, KAAF Photo Contest 

2023  Selected Photographer (Projects + Portfolio Section), Urban Photo Awards

2023  Surreality, Series Finalist, Pisa Street Photo International Festival, Italy

2023  Into the Unknown, Singles Finalist, Pisa Street Photo International Festival

2022  Interdependence, Finalist, Urban Book Award, Urban Photo Awards (jury president, Susan Meiselas)

2020  The Great Experiment, Semi-Finalist, Urban Book Award, Urban Photo Awards (jury president, Alex Webb)

AFFILIATIONS

2023  Candid City Street Photography Collective (founding member)

GROUP EXHIBITION (w/ personal gallery)

2023  Surreality, Trieste Photo Days, Trieste, Italy

2023  Surreality, Pisa Street Photo International Festival, Italy

2023  Candid City, Foreign Lens Gallery, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023  Into the Unknown, Trieste Photo Days, Trieste, Italy

2023  Into the Uknown, Pisa Street Photo International Festival, Italy

2023  Politics: Not for Polite Conversation, Gallery-O-Rama, San Francisco, CA

2023  Tableaux: Scenes and Stories, 1920-O-Rama, San Francisco, CA

2023  Defining Images, Photoworks SF, San Francisco, CA

PRINT PUBLICATIONS

2023  Candid City, limited-edition zine published by the Candid City Street Photography Collective

2023  Urban Imagery, limited-edition zine published by the Urban Imagery Street Photography Collective

2021  Annual Review, limited-edition book published by the Street Snappers Collective

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

2023  Lingering Shadows of Disparity, Leica Master Shots, LFI Gallery

2023  Into the Unknown, Leica Master Shots, LFI Gallery

2023  Docu Book Vol. 31, Best of Documentary and Street Photography 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2022  6-month one-on-one mentorship with Forrest Walker

2022   Magnum Photobook Seminar

2020  2-month one-on-one mentorship with Steve Simon

2020  Self-Publish, Be Happy Online Masterclass: How To Develop a Photobook

EDUCATION

2011  M.A. Education with a concentration in Counseling, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

2001  B.S. Business with a concentration in Management, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA