Revisiting Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray: An interview with Robert Nakamura and Karen Ishizuka
Revisiting the work of modernist photographer-turned prison camp inmate and documentarian Toyo Miyatake.
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
Turning Family Scrapbooks Over to the Pros
In which I explore the world of professional scrapbooking services.
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.
Historian Linda Gordon's new Dorothea Lange bio
My account of a New York Public Library Q&A with NYU history professor Linda Gordon, including her views on the prickly relationship between Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams
Reclaiming Photographs of the WWII Japanese American Resettlement
My review of Lane Hirabayashi's book, "Japanese American Resettlement Through the Lens," about Hikaru Carl Iwasaki's WRA photographs