Chinese Immigrants of Fortune Avenue | Tencent
Gu Xinran—Tencent “Living” Channel
Chinese are New York City’s second-largest foreign-born group, estimated to soon surpass Dominicans. Brooklyn’s Chinatown, less well-known than its counterparts in Manhattan or Queens, runs along Eighth Avenue, between the neighborhoods of Sunset Park to the north and Bensonhurst to the south. A Norwegian and Polish neighborhood in the early 20th century, Sunset Park is now known as “Little Fujian,” after the coastal southern province from where many immigrants hail. As part of a long-term project photographing Fujianese immigrant communities in the United States, Gu Xinran photographs life in the neighborhood, from birthday celebrations to ballet practice.
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Chinese are New York City’s second-largest foreign-born group, estimated to soon surpass Dominicans. Brooklyn’s Chinatown, less well-known than its counterparts in Manhattan or Queens, runs along Eighth Avenue, between the neighborhoods of Sunset Park to the north and Bensonhurst to the south. A Norwegian and Polish neighborhood in the early 20th century, Sunset Park is now known as “Little Fujian,” after the coastal southern province from where many immigrants hail. As part of a long-term project photographing Fujianese immigrant communities in the United States, Gu Xinran photographs life in the neighborhood, from birthday celebrations to ballet practice.