Rice Bowl Diaries Preface
By Cheuk Kwan I first heard of Kwoi from Daisy Lee, for whom he had shot a couple of her…
Rice Bowl Diaries 2000
Opening Shot
Saskatoon, Canada January 10, 2000 First day of the odyssey and my first shoot with Cheuk. Not sure what to…
My Uncle Jim
Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada January 12, 2000 It’s a typical day for Jim at the café. He’s up at the crack…
The Sermon
Golan Heights, Israel January 29, 2000 We arrive in Tel Aviv in the midst of a rainstorm. The dark and…
Until Sunrise
Dead Sea, Israel January 30, 2000 It’s only our second shoot and I’m wondering if our subjects are trying to…
The Carnival
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago March 6, 2000 We are on a BWIA (“better walk if able” or “but…
Island Paradise
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago March 8, 2000 We hang out at the Great Wall in the mornings picking up…
Two Diasporas
Toronto, Canada June 30, 2000 I get a call from Cheuk on my cell that Mai’s in town. It took…