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Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitor to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This visitor is Howard Grant, a Musqueam elder whose photo, as a young child, appeared in the exhibition.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre: 555 Columbia Street). Joanne Enchelmeir visits the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ She submitted an old family photo that showed the same woman, wearing the same outfit, but posing with Joanne’s grandfather and great grandmother.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitors to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. These visitors are the descendants for Yucho Chow.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitors to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. These visitors are the descendants for Yucho Chow: his grandson (right) and great grandson.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 4, 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre, 555 Columbia St., 2nd floor gallery). Cupcakes for the launch reception for the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’”

Curator's original description reads: “May 4, 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre, 555 Columbia Street, 2nd Floor gallery). Launch reception for the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ 98-year jazz legend Eleanor Collins points to a portrait her father, Richard Proctor (top left).”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1936, Vancouver. Photo of child actress Shirley Temple attending the Chinatown exhibition. The exhibition was part of Vancouver's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Temple seen sitting on a high chair watching something.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitors to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This photo was taken early in the day and is one of a series taken on the same morning.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitors to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This photo was taken early in the day and is one of a series taken on the same morning.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre: 555 Columbia Street). Henry (left) and Michael Fair visit the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ Behind them is a photo of their father, John Howard Fair, as a child tap dancer in the 1930s.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre: 555 Columbia Street). Veronica (Chow) Kagestsu (granddaughter of photographer Yucho Chow) being interviewed by the media during the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre: 555 Columbia Street). Pamela Siefert and an unidentified man pose next to a Yucho Chow photo shown in the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ The photo was of Pamela’s parents taken on their wedding day.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitor to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This visitor brought in a photo of her mother taken at Yucho Chow Studio sometime in the 1940s or early 1950s.”

Curator's original description reads: “April 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre, 555 Columbia Street, 2nd Floor gallery). Volunteers (left to right): Peter Judd, Graham Judd and Leilan Wong setting up the displays for the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1936, Vancouver. Photo of child actress Shirley Temple attending the Chinatown exhibition. The exhibition was part of Vancouver's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Temple is seated and holding a Chinese parasol.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitors to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This photo was taken early in the day and is one of a series taken on the same morning.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre: 555 Columbia Street). Three members of the Grant family visit the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ (Left to right): Howard Grant, Helen Callbreath and Gordon Grant. One of their family photos was on display during the exhibition and was an example of a mixed-race couple (a Chinese father and an Indigeneous mother.)”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre: 555 Columbia Street). Judy Zesko (left) and Nettie Klimec visit the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ Behind them are several photos from their family taken by Yucho Chow over a 20-year period.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre: 555 Columbia Street). The Chong family pose next to a Yucho Chow photo shown in the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ The photo was not submitted by the family but was discovered by an artist while rummaging through a thrift store. It was when the photo was featured in a Vancouver Sun story on the exhibition, that one of the daughters recognized her father, as a child, in the photo.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitors to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This visitor was Colin Preston, a former archivist with CBC Vancouver.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 4, 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre, 555 Columbia Street, 2nd Floor gallery). Launch reception for the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ Vancouver Sun arts reporter, Kevin Griffin, with 98-year jazz legend Eleanor Collins. Directly above Kevin Griffin's head is a portrait of Ms. Collins' father: Richard Proctor.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 4, 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre, 555 Columbia Street, 2nd Floor gallery). Launch reception for the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ Musqueam elder Larry Grant with his wife Gina Grant. The Grants had submitted an early family photo which was displayed in the exhibition. The photo showed their Chinese father and Musqueam mother with the three eldest children: Helen; Larry and Gordon.”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1936, Vancouver. Photo of child actress Shirley Temple attending the Chinatown exhibition. The exhibition was part of Vancouver's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Temple is flanked by two White men in uniform (likely police constables), a White woman. In the background we can see Wong Foon Sein (aka head of the Chinese Benevolent Association and dubbed the Mayor of Chinatown).”

Collector/curator's description reads: “1936, Vancouver. Photo of child actress Shirley Temple attending the Chinatown exhibition. The exhibition was part of Vancouver's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Temple is shaking hands with a young Chinese boy dressed in a silk costume whose stage name was ‘The Little Acrobat.’ Other young Chinese people, dressed in costume are on stage as well as an older man.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitors to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This photo was taken early in the day and is one of a series taken on the same morning.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitors to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This photo was taken early in the day and is one of a series taken on the same morning.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitor to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This visitor is Michael A. Machacek from Toronto, Ontario.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver (Chinese Cultural Centre: 555 Columbia Street). The Benedetti Family, owners of Bennies [Benny’s] Market in Strathcona, visit the exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ The woman in the front holding the cane, Irma (Miotta) Benedetti, had her 1947 photo on display in the exhibition.”

Curator's original description reads: “May 2019, Vancouver. Visitor to the month-long exhibition ‘Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow.’ This was the first solo exhibition of Chow's work: he was the first and most prolific Chinese photographer in Vancouver. This visitor was Michael Quon whose family had run the Ho Cho Chop Suey Restaurant in Vancouver's Chinatown. A photo of the family appeared in the exhibition.”