An-My Lê: Becoming an Artist | Art21 "Extended Play"

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I went to Stanford University and studied
biology in undergraduate.
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I really did not know what I should do but as any responsible
child of immigrant,
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you know I knew I should be doing something that would be more practical.
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My brothers were engineers and went to business school,
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and um I thought engineering would be too
dry so I thought why not biology
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and becoming a doctor
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I was allowed to take a non-science
course and I wanted to take drawing,
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but it was filled up so I took photography.
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And immediately I realized that you know it was something that was truly amazing and it could really change my life
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and I never went to med school and never looked back.

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