In 1999, Presentation House Gallery in North Vancouver mounted First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy. Guest curated by Faith Moosang, the exhibition of 81 portraits by Chow Dong Hoy consisted of photos taken in the Cariboo between 1909 and 1925. Hoy was one of the first Asian photographers in British Columbia. His 1,500 photographs, which are held in the Barkerville Historic Town Archives, are a record of the ethnic diversity in the Cariboo region during the first part of the twentieth century.

Faith Moosang of Vancouver then wrote the text for First Son: Portraits of C.D. Hoy, co-published by Arsenal Pulp Press and Presentation House Gallery. [See below] There is a brief introduction by Paul Yee in which he discusses the relations between Chinese and First Nations people. They both acquired the right to vote in provincial elections in 1947. That same year Chinese Canadians could vote federally whereas Indians could not vote federally until 1960.

[BCBW 2003] "Chinese" "Photography"

Portrait of C.D. Hoy in c. 1912

Review of the author's work by BC Studies:
First Son: Portraits by CD. Hoy