Rocco (Quoc Anh) Ho
My name is Rocco Ho and I’m an aspiring photographer from Hanoi, Vietnam currently in New York City to pursue my BFA in Photography at Parsons. Throughout the course of my life, I learned to navigate the cultural differences and emotional turmoil of growing up privileged in Vietnam and moving abroad in New York City. I express such nuances of life through photography and confront those experiences with all the vulnerability, honesty and sincerity of a young man coming into the globalized world full of the unknown. My body of work is the reflections of those events of my life and I devoted myself to tell those stories with my passion and appreciation for the craft of photography. There are three distinct qualities that embody my work as a photographer: a cinematic eye, refined aesthetics, and a strong sense of human emotion—qualities shaped by both my academic and professional experience. Studying at an institution like Parsons with state of the art facilities and a diverse passionate creative community has deepened my understanding of photography as a means of exploring culture, identity, and belonging. Meanwhile, working and interning with the great Steven Klein sharpens my artistic vision and teaches me the intricacies of image-making from an elevated perspective of a seasoned master. All these encounters inform my artistic practice which is rooted in my own personal cultural expression of who I am in the world while strengthened by my dedication towards the craft of photography.