Tseng Kwong Chi | |
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 Disneyland, California, from the series East Meets West (1979) at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2023 | |
| Born | Joseph Tseng September 6, 1950 |
| Died | March 10, 1990 (aged 39) Manhattan, New York City, United States |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years active | 1979–1989 |
| Notable work | East Meets West |
| Website | tsengkwongchi |
Tseng Kwong Chi, known as Joseph Tseng prior to his professional career[1] (Chinese: 曾廣智; September 6, 1950 – March 10, 1990), was a Hong Kong-born American photographer who was active in the East Village[1] art scene in the 1980s. He is the brother of dancer/choreographer Muna Tseng.
- ^ a b Loke, Margarett (October 18, 1996). "Inside Photography". The New York Times. p. 36. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
To complete the image, he dropped the name he had always used, Joseph, and began using his Chinese name, Kwong Chi. And he insisted on the traditional last-name-first sequence, as in Mao Zedong.