Made between 2008-2013, North Philadelphia combines images of dilapidated homes, vacant lots, and street corners with portraits of the residents.
At the heart of this project is a selection of images collected from two Chinese itinerant portrait photographers, Wu Yong Fu and Zeng Xian Fang.
Equipped with digital cameras, they have made a living making portraits for Africans and other groups who wanted a memento of their time in China.
[11][12] As a filmmaker, Traub has directed documentaries including the feature length Barefoot Artist[13] about Lily Yeh and her collaborative artworks in war-torn communities;[14] and Xu Bing: Phoenix, which highlights the condition of Chinese migrant labourers.
[15][16] He has been the director of photography for numerous documentaries[17] and reports for networks and production companies including PBS, Arte and German Television ZDF where he worked extensively with senior correspondent Joachim Holtz.