Showing posts with label David Henry Hwang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Henry Hwang. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Photography: Corky Lee’s Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice


















Foreword by Hua Hsu
Edited by Chee Wang Ng and Mae Ngai

Asia Society, Chris Kwok moderates panel 
discussion with David Henry Hwang, Akemi 
Kochiyama, Hua Hsu, and Mae Ngai; 
also on YouTube 

YouTube, DC Public Library

The New York Times, May 10, 2024, review
“One Man’s Quest for ‘Photographic Justice’ ”


New York State Capitol, “Focus on Justice: 
The Photography of Corky Lee”

The New York Times, January 29, 2021, 
“Corky Lee, Who Photographed 
Asian-American Life, Dies at 73”

The New Yorker, January 30, 2021
“Corky Lee’s Photographs Helped Generations 
of Asian-Americans See Themselves”


Related Post
Eight Years Ago Today, September 24, 2022


(Next post on Wednesday: Yew Char, Photographer)

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Photography: David Henry Hwang in School Yearbooks

1972 El Camino Real
San Gabriel High School, San Gabriel, California











1973 El Camino Real
San Gabriel High School, San Gabriel, California





















1974 El Camino Real
San Gabriel High School, San Gabriel, California

National Forensic League





An excerpt from William C. Boles’ Understanding David Henry Hwang (2013): 
... In addition to his musical skills, Hwang was also a champion debater in high school. He first attended San Gabriel High School and then, because of his debating prowess, was recruited by Harvard School, to which he transferred. ...
Harvard School, Los Angeles, California
Instead of formal portraits, seniors were given a full page to express themselves.

































1979 Quad
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California




















Further Reading
David Henry Hwang is on page 134. 


(Next post on Wednesday: The Anna May Wong Quarter)

Friday, September 16, 2016

Flower Drum Song, book by David Henry Hwang























Music by Richard Rogers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by David Henry Hwang
Based on the original by Oscar Hammerstein II
and Joseph Fields
Based on the novel by C.Y. Lee
Cast: Lea Salonga, Jose Llana, Sandra Allen,
Alvin Ing, Allen Liu, Hoon Lee, Jodi Long
and Randall Duk Kim
Virginia Theatre
January 2003
New York City
































Souvenir Program Insert

























Related Posts
David Henry Hwang’s The Dance and the Railroad
David Henry Hwang’s Family Devotions
David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly
1000 Airplanes on the Roof by David Henry Hwang
Melange a Trois, libretto by David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang’s FOB
The Voyage, libretto by David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang’s Face Value
David Henry Hwang’s Golden Gate
David Henry Hwang’s Golden Child
David Henry Hwang’s Ch’ing•lish
David Henry Hwang’s Kung Fu


(Updated September 12, 2023; next post on Friday: David Henry Hwang’s Ch’ing•lish)