1943 Ansel Adams Photos of Japanese Interment Camps
Dec 5, 2015 13:28:55 #
Who ever commissioned him I assume told him what images they wanted.I am not Ansel, but when people hire me to document something, they specify what images they want and what story they want to tell. We don't know what images he took that they did not use.
John_F wrote:
Ansel Adams was commisioned to capture life in the 1943 camps.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/11/20/legendary-photographer-ansel-adams-visited-the-japanese-internment-camps-in-1943-heres-what-he-saw/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/11/20/legendary-photographer-ansel-adams-visited-the-japanese-internment-camps-in-1943-heres-what-he-saw/
Dec 5, 2015 13:35:32 #
Armadillo wrote:
Located on the Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada M... (show quote)
Protective custody? Really?
Dec 5, 2015 14:19:40 #
warrior wrote:
???? Why no German or Italian American camps? You don't think there were any HATE feelings? The 442 Regimental Team was the most decorated unit in the Army!
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Italians and Germans were also interred.
See: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/enemy-aliens-overview.html
Dec 5, 2015 14:37:46 #
warrior wrote:
???? Why no German or Italian American camps? You don't think there were any HATE feelings? The 442 Regimental Team was the most decorated unit in the Army!
USA Army Retired here
USA Army Retired here
Because, as you no doubt know, the Germans and Italians looked like "us". The 442nd fought like hell in the mountains of Italy and all the way to Germany. Our treatment of black soldiers, sailors, and airmen in WWII wasn't anything to be proud of either. Slowly, ever so slowly, the country is growing up and learning the stupidity of racial hatred and prejudice. The U.S. gets all the attention about prejudice because we put it right on the front page for everyone to see. Unfortunately, it exists all over the world and in many places seems to be getting worse instead of better.
Dec 5, 2015 14:39:20 #
Armadillo wrote:
Located on the Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada M... (show quote)
Protective custody? I suppose their property was confiscated to protect it also.
Dec 5, 2015 16:12:39 #
If all the Germans and those of German descent had been interned, no one would have been left to fight the war.
Dec 5, 2015 17:30:12 #
John_F wrote:
Ansel Adams was commisioned to capture life in the 1943 camps.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/11/20/legendary-photographer-ansel-adams-visited-the-japanese-internment-camps-in-1943-heres-what-he-saw/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/11/20/legendary-photographer-ansel-adams-visited-the-japanese-internment-camps-in-1943-heres-what-he-saw/
Thanks very much for the link.
George Nakashima is an internment camp old boy. An American born architect, he went on to become one of the most influential and respected figures in American Art Furniture.
In the early days ( mid 70's ) I, like many others, copied his work. This dining table model is the only piece I have left, it is used as a whisker trimming station out on the veranda.
http://www.nakashimawoodworker.com/furniture/
Dec 5, 2015 18:54:54 #
krl48 wrote:
not US citizens.Italians and Germans were also interred.
See: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/enemy-aliens-overview.html
See: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/enemy-aliens-overview.html
Dec 5, 2015 20:40:07 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
FWIW: Dorothea Lange was also commissioned to Photograph the camps. Her work was squashed at the time because she showed the "other side" of internment. It seems there might have been some propaganda involved. Who knew?
Did any of Dorothea's work survive or was it destroyed. Might a Freedom of Information Act application help.
Dec 5, 2015 20:51:06 #
green wrote:
not US citizens.
The disparate treatment of the Japanese living on the West Coast of the United States compared with the Italian and German populations on the East Coast as well as the Japanese living in Hawaii at the time only magnifies the inherent racism manifested in the entire program.
Dec 5, 2015 23:41:13 #
latebloomer
Loc: Topeka, KS
John_F wrote:
Did any of Dorothea's work survive or was it destroyed. Might a Freedom of Information Act application help.
She was so angry about the interment that she curtailed much of her assignment. I will update this from Ansel Adams biography (not his autobiography) tomorrow. Ansel Adams was highly regarded by the Japanese in the interment camps.
Dec 6, 2015 12:22:29 #
John_F wrote:
Ansel Adams was commisioned to capture life in the 1943 camps.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/11/20/legendary-photographer-ansel-adams-visited-the-japanese-internment-camps-in-1943-heres-what-he-saw/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/11/20/legendary-photographer-ansel-adams-visited-the-japanese-internment-camps-in-1943-heres-what-he-saw/
Desperate times...desperate measures....
Dec 6, 2015 12:25:03 #
krl48 wrote:
thank god most of the country has evolved beyond that. :|The disparate treatment of the Japanese living on the West Coast of the United States compared with the Italian and German populations on the East Coast as well as the Japanese living in Hawaii at the time only magnifies the inherent racism manifested in the entire program.
Dec 6, 2015 12:27:52 #
green wrote:
thank god most of the country has evolved beyond that. :|
Most........
Dec 6, 2015 12:46:32 #
warrior wrote:
???? Why no German or Italian American camps? You don't think there were any HATE feelings? The 442 Regimental Team was the most decorated unit in the Army!
USA Army Retired here
USA Army Retired here
There were camps for both but much fewer numbers were interned.
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