Tong Lam's research-based photographic and video works have focused mainly on the Cold War, nuclear fallout, industrial and post-industrial wastelands, as well as China's breakneck urban transformation and social displacement. He has exhibited his work internationally, including at the Lishui Photography Festival (Lishui, China, 2019), the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival (Toronto, Canada, 2019), Lianzhou Foto Festival (Lianzhou, China, 2018), the Goethe-Institut (Toronto, Canada, 2016), the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Berlin, Germany, 2015), Duke University (Durham, USA, 2014), Denison University (Granville, USA, 2014), and the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, USA, 2013). Tong Lam is an associate professor of history at the University of Toronto and a visual artist.
Carpet Bombing Culture