Ocean Vuong is a MacArthur Fellowship winner and best-selling author, most recently of “The Emperor of Gladness.” But he’s also a photographer; His first solo exhibition opens at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday.

Here & Now’s Emiko Tamagawa got a preview and speaks with Vuong about his photography.

Ocean Vuong, "Nicky after 12-hour shift," 2025. (Courtesy of Ocean Vuong)Ocean Vuong, “Nicky after 12-hour shift,” 2025. (Courtesy of Ocean Vuong)Ocean Vuong, "Nicky crying," 2022. (Courtesy of Ocean Vuong)Ocean Vuong, “Nicky crying,” 2022. (Courtesy of Ocean Vuong)

This segment aired on August 6, 2026.