Photography by Odell Hussey
I discovered Chinatown on one of my walks through the streets of San Francisco. The diversity of people, sights, sounds, and smells inspired me to create this book. Over the course of three years, I returned to Chinatown many times walking up & down it’s narrow streets in search of the next shot. The images here feature the scenes that caught my eye during my exploration. An elderly woman doing Tai Chi in the morning. A man walking with his rainbow colored umbrella through an alley way. A colorful dragon moving about in the streets. A lonely man passing time sitting on a bench, staring into the distance. The photos in this book are about people, their movements, & stillness, framed within the streets of Chinatown. Each image is the doorway to a story that we may never know, it’s the idea that beauty and form can be anywhere. This collection of photos serves that idea.
