http://www.benjamenchinn.com/Benjamen_Chinn/Chinatown.html Ben Chinn was born in Chinatown in San Francisco and lived in the family house there his entire life. Unlike others who had photographed this unique neighborhood, he knew it instinctively and intimately, capturing moments in a way no outsider could. “Rarely has Chinatown been photographed skillfully, for the sake of art, by one of its own residents -- by someone who knows Chinatown up close, as the site of home and work and day-to-day life. Chinn's photographs artfully explore the dignity of Chinatown's residents, the differences between the generations of old and new Chinese, and the coexistence of interweaving of Chinese and American cultures.” Dennis J. Reed, Dean of Fine, Performing and Media Arts at L.A. Valley College, in Asian Art in America. http://www.benjamenchinn.com/Benjamen_Chinn/Chinatown.html#0 7ff81770-d750-4b48-862e-e274855c8538 http://www.benjamenchinn.com/Benjamen_Chinn/Chinatown_files/Media/N538%20%281%29/thumb.jpg http://www.benjamenchinn.com/Benjamen_Chinn/Chinatown_files/Media/N538%20%281%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ying Fat Lung Co.</p></div></div> http://www.benjamenchinn.com/Benjamen_Chinn/Chinatown.html#1 6c553b4f-de58-4a84-b330-8283cfb99a77 http://www.benjamenchinn.com/Benjamen_Chinn/Chinatown_files/Media/N090_adj/thumb.jpg http://www.benjamenchinn.com/Benjamen_Chinn/Chinatown_files/Media/N090_adj/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; 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