The air is quiet but charged with energy, like the moments after a lightning bolt arcs across the sky during a thunderstorm. Then, the thunder returns – the drum rumbles. The lions have arrived, ...

For the past two years, I've been documenting the lives of youths at the East Wind Foundation, a nonprofit organization in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, at the Alpine Recreation Park. Here, ...

River Lotus Lion Dance in Louisville, folk artists Lonnie and Twyla Money, and more. River Lotus Lion Dance in Louisville showcases the traditional Asian dance where performers mimic a lion's ...

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At the East Wind Foundation, in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, young people dedicate their after-school hours and weekends to practice the... For the past two years, I've been documenting the ...