2010年，我开始了一个关于拍摄旧金山唐人街社区的项目。唐人街店面的物理和视觉密度、标识和符号，以及东西方文化的不断碰撞吸引了我。对我来说，这些元素最好通过黑白摄影来探索，这种方式可以聚焦于光与影、图像与意义的基本元素。

In 2010, I began a project photographing San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood. I was drawn to Chinatown’s physical and visual density of storefronts, signs and symbols, and the ever-present cultural collision of East and West. For me, those elements could best be explored in black and white, which can focus on the essential elements of light and shadow, image and meaning.

我故意避免在这些唐人街的照片中包含人物，尽管他们的存在无处不在。我试图在这些照片中营造一种期待感，通过间接引用人的存在：标志、符号、图形描述以及建筑元素，如开放的门廊和走廊。我很少拍摄直射阳光，更喜欢天光的微妙变化，它在建筑物之间过滤下来。我主要在一天的早些时候拍摄，以捕捉早晨光线的独特质感。早晨拍摄的一个额外好处是街道交通较少。

I purposely avoid including people in these Chinatown pictures, although their presence is ubiquitous. I try to achieve a sense of anticipation in these photographs, with indirect references to the human presence: signs, symbols, graphic portrayals, and architectural elements such as open doorways and corridors. I rarely photograph direct sunlight, preferring the subtleties of skylight, which filters down between the buildings. I shoot mainly in the early hours of the day to capture the unique quality of early morning light. An added attraction to shooting early in the day is that there is less street traffic.

杰森·坦南是一位摄影师、画廊策展人和教育者。从1998年到2014年，担任奇科州立大学艺术画廊的主任，并教授摄影史和电影研究。他的摄影作品在国际上广泛展出，近期的展览地点包括西雅图、旧金山、罗马和布达佩斯。拥有芝加哥艺术学院的艺术硕士学位和费城泰勒艺术学院的艺术学士学位。

Jason Tannen is a photographer, gallery curator, and educator. From 1998 to 2014, he directed Chico State’s University Art Gallery, and taught the History of Photography and Film Studies. He has exhibited his photographs widely, with recent exhibitions in Seattle, San Francisco, Rome, and Budapest. He received his MFA degree from the Art Institute of Chicago and BFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.