Photographer _luckango–who grew up within a Vietnamese family, but born and raised in the Czech Republic–documents the diasporic community of Asian women that surrounds her. See their stories here.
“I feel like most of the time Asians, and especially Asian women, end up misrepresented,” says the New York–based photographer Lucka Ngo of her ongoing portrait series, which spotlights a generation of young women pushing back against the parameters of how Asian woman growing up in the West are traditionally expected to be. “I just wanted to show the less ordinary side,” she adds.
It’s an objective that is close to her heart: Growing up within a Vietnamese family, but born and raised in the Czech Republic, she describes a youth spent learning to navigate these two, very different, cultures. “It was a blessing and a curse,” says Ngo. “During the day, when I was at school or with my Czech friends, I had to fit in the Czech community.
Initially, what led Ngo to forge her own more distinct identity was discovering streetwear: “I always loved taking my older brother’s baggy T-shirts and sweatpants, buying the same cool sneakers like him, listening to the same music genres he did. I just wanted to be free and explore life.
Many years later, her images mostly come from the wealth of Asian communities across her new home city of New York. “It isn’t just my story, but also what I have in common with people in my photos,” Ngo says. “More than anything, the reason why I chose to do this is that I am just like them, and they are just like me.
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