Sze Tsung Leong

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Sze Tsung Leong (born 1970) [1] is an American and British photographer and artist interested in urban studies. [2] [3]

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Biography

Born in Mexico City, he grew up there and in Los Angeles as a youth. He then continued on and 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. Leong was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. He now lives in New York City.

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Leong's work is held in the following permanent collections:

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