In the Field: Photo Blog by Richard Wong

Photography field reports by Richard Wong. Richard’s work has been published in magazines, books, advertising, and offers fine art prints of his work. Images may be licensed as rights-managed stock photos by contacting Richard directly at Richard@rwongphoto.com or (626) 422-6151. California stock photography, fine art prints, photo blog: www.rwongphoto.com

Ah Louis Store, San Luis Obispo

Ah Louis Store Chinese Historical Landmark, Downtown San Luis Obispo, California
Ah Louis (1840 – 1936) came to the U.S. from the Canton area of China in 1856 with the hopes of striking it rich during the Gold Rush. Like most of the immigrants, it didn’t quite work out that way but he did find [...]

Chinese Family Association, San Francisco

Photo: Yee Fung Toy Family Association, San Francisco, California
When the Chinese first started immigrating to California during the Gold Rush, most did not speak English. This made it difficult for them to assimilate into society. Combined with the racial discrimination of the time, immigrants needed to form family associations in order for protection. This [...]

China Camp State Park Then and Now

Photo: Old Historic Shrimp Fishing Village and Female Sunbather, China Camp State Park, California
Clearly I prefer color photography but there are certain situations where color can be a distraction. For this image of the last remaining Chinese shrimp fishing village in the San Francisco Bay Area, I wanted to juxtapose the historical aspects of [...]

San Francisco Summer Fog

On Saturday morning I met up with photographer Jim Goldstein in San Francisco. It was foggy everywhere so we went to the Fort Point area and the Presidio for a few hours to try shooting some “mood” type of shots. I wanted to get a lone fisherman silhouetted against the foggy Golden Gate Bridge but [...]

Gam Saan, Land of the Golden Mountain

If you’ve seen the regular portion of my website, you might have noticed the Wild West Gold Rush theme going on and wondered why I designed it that way. If you’ve read my bio and know a little about early Northern California history then perhaps you might know why. But I suspect that most people [...]

Main Street, Locke, California

Photo: Main Street, Locke, California
Locke is the last remaining rural Chinese town in the United States. At the time of it’s establishment in the early 1900’s, the Chinese were not allowed to own the land on which they lived on and forced to lease the property from their white landlords. At one time there were [...]

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