Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II

Exhibition Website

Jan 26 2018 - May 6 2018

This exhibition features works by renowned photographers Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, and others documenting the eviction of Japanese Americans and permanent Japanese residents from their homes as well as their subsequent lives in incarceration camps. Also included are photographs by incarcerated photographer Toyo Miyatake. This timely exhibition reexamines this history and presents new research telling the stories of the individuals whose lives were upended due to racial bigotry.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.         

  • Photography
  • American
  • 20th Century
  • Ethnic / Gender
  • Dorothea Lange
  • Ansel Adams
  • Toyo Miyatake
  • and others

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