Sing Kong Wong, “On The Way Back in Rain and Snow”

This photograph of people waiting to board a New York City bus in the rain and snow was taken by Sing Kong Wong, a retired presser and President of the Chinese Retirees Club, and a member of Local 23-25 UNITE HERE. It is included in Unseen America: Photos and Stories by Workers, edited by Esther Cohen (Regan Books, 2006). The project grew out of photography classes offered through Bread and Roses, a nonprofit cultural program of the labor union 1199. Workers were encouraged to photograph and share stories and images from the world around them.

Mr. Wong wrote: “We are anxious to return home.”