One American Reality

San Francisco based photographer Dong Lin s book, One American Reality ( 8 ¾ x 11 ½, 158 pp, 71 black and white duotone images), with an introduction by Sinologist/UC Berkeley journalism school dean Orville Schell, is a series of searing portraits of hookers, drug dealers, transsexuals and the homeless, from the Bay Area to New York City. This is an un-judgmental look at the underbelly of the American dream and how it has failed the subjects of Dong Lin s taut and compelling photographic scrutiny.