"Pictures of Old Chinatown", Arnold Genthe (1869-1942)

Three Children in front of a Cellar Door

Books

Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown

(Dover Publications, 2013)

Old Chinatown: Turn of the Century Photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown

(Westphalia Press, 2016)

Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures

(Forgotten Books, 1970)

Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures by Arnold Genthe

(Nabu Press, 2014)

Related Projects

Behind the Saint-Lazare station, Paris, 1932. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Ephemeral human moments portrayed through a fusion of spontaneity and precise composition.

A Way of Seeing

Helen Levitt (1913-2009)

Spontaneous moments of childhood play intertwined with the daily rhythms of working-class street life in 1930s and 1940s New York City.

Untitled, 1929-31. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

Roll, Jordan, Roll

Doris Ulmann (1882-1934)

African American life and culture in rural South Carolina during an era of social and cultural transition.

The North American Indian

Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

A 30-year-long project documenting over 80 Native American tribes, showcasing traditional customs and lifeways through sepia-toned photogravures.

The Suburbs of Paris

Robert Doisneau (1912-1994)

Parisian suburbs during the transformative post-war period, capturing the interplay of evolving urban landscapes and the lives of working-class communities.

Trastevere, Rome, 1959. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

The Europeans

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

European identity captured through black-and-white photographs spanning five decades, emphasizing shared humanity and cultural diversity.