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1965 Redefining AmericaExtending Beyond the Text Ann Le, a Vietnamese American artist, often connects disparate images in her work, layering different genres that travel through time and place. Notice that this photo collage appears as if it might have been taped into a scrapbook. It includes a lotus flower, which grows in mud but needs light to bloom and symbolizes awakening. Note, too, that the flower is pink, which, in Vietnam, symbolizes gratitude. Ann Le 1. How does this work %u2014 a photo collage titled Mother Lotus %u2014 comment on separation? 2. How does it connect to the role photographs play in %u201cFatherland%u201d? Consider what photographs mean in terms of immigration and family life.Copyright %u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.