Twenty Years of Life in Chinatown

Twenty Years of Life in Chinatown

Picture this: You are a set of clothes hangers strung out on a rooftop clothesline, placed there by a family trying to extend their supply of square footage and fresh air in their small apartment (“Drying Laundry,” 2004). You are part of the family order created and maintained by the mother and captured by the photographer: In “Bathtime” (2004), for instance, you hang expectantly above the bath, and you are indispensable to “Family Portrait” (20…