Wing Young Huie’s many photographic projects document the dizzying socioeconomic and cultural realities of American society, much of it centered on the urban cores of his home state of Minnesota. Whether in epic public installations or international museum exhibitions, he creates up-to-the-minute societal mirrors of who we are, seeking to reveal not only what is hidden, but also what is plainly visible and seldom noticed.

His public installations—Frogtown (1995), Lake Street USA (2000) and The University Avenue Project(2010)—transformed major Twin Cities’ thoroughfares into epic photo galleries, reflecting the everyday lives of thousands of its citizens in the midst of some of the most diverse concentrations of international immigrants in the country. The Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2000 named Wing “Artist of the Year” stating, “Lake Street USAis likely to stand as a milestone in the history of photography and public art.” In 2008 it hailed the resulting book“one of the 25 most important books ever published about Minnesota.” *Photo Credit: Eliesa Johnson