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Tseng Kwong Chi

Philadelphia's PrideFest America is the largest Gay and Lesbian festival in the United States. For the third year, PrideFest America is co-presenting an exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Alliance.

This year's show is a first-ever retrospective devoted to photographer Tseng Kwong Chi. Tseng photographed himself, an Asian man, in front of various tourist attractions around the U.S. and the world. As WHYY's Joel Rose reports, it was a play on Western perceptions of Asians -- especially the stereotype of the Asian tourist. [Listen]

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