JANM Photo Exhibit: Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank
Comparing the U.S. and Canadian WWII government prison camp experiences through the work of two photographers.
Retrospective: Magic and Beauty in the Art of Patrick Nagatani
My look at the work of Japanese American artist Patrick Nagatani
Documenting Manzanar: Exploring the World War II prison camp through the images of Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and Toyo Miyatake
The first of an 18-part essay series on the images of three photographers who documented the World War II U.S. government prison camp Manzanar: Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and Toyo Miyatake. Like Miyatake, my father and his entire family were imprisoned at Manzanar during the war.
Friends With Differences: Lange and Adams at the Oakland Museum of California
This is a short post that grew out of my research into documentary photographs taken of the California prison camp Manzanar, where people of Japanese descent were placed during World War II.
Manzanar Pilgrims Shine Light on Past, Current Injustices, Honor Forebears
I join the 40th annual Manzanar pilgrimage and visit the site of the World War II internment camp that once housed my father and his family.