Olivier Laude, (b,1964) is a Franco-American photographer, currently based in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, and Bangkok, Thailand. Laude moved to the United States when he was 15, and has since worked and contributed to publications including: National Geographic Adventure, Fortune, Forbes, Time Magazine, US News and World Report, Newsweek, Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times Magazine, and Blink Magazine among others. 

Olivier Laude has also written and been interviewed extensively about photography and new media and has lectured around the world about photography: Skidmore College, Washington University, Xiamen Daxue (PR China), APA San Francisco, ASMP San Francisco, Parsons, California College of the Arts (San Francisco), and featured on television in KQED’s “SPARK”, a PBS Artist showcase. His artwork has been exhibited at Southern Exposure Gallery (San Francisco), The Milk Gallery (New York), and The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, among others.

SELECT Exhibitions

• Chiến Thắng Ba Tơ, Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, NY

• Wild and Woolly, New Art Center, Newton, MA, 2014

AWARDs

Photography awards include American Photo Annual, PDN Photo Annual, Communication Arts, Graphis, and was twice an APERTURE West honoree recipient, as well as an SPD silver medalist and a two time Webby Award winner.