The Swiss American photographer and filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt was a robust contributor to the New York art
scene as a documentarian and participant, from 1935 until the end of the century.
Much of East Meets West is set in New York City, where Tseng was a
documentarian of the»80s Lower East Side art
scene, serving
as eager witness, archivist, and attendee to many a nightclub opening, art exhibition, and posh social gathering.