Revised Edition. In 1942 the United States government declared 110,000 American Japanese residents of the United States a threat to national security and incarcerated them in eleven relocation camps around the country. One such camp, Manzanar, was located near Lone Pine in the Owens River Valley on the East side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Four photographers Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Clem Albers and Toyo Miyatake photographed Manzanar and its residents at various times throughout its three year existence. Their photographs tell the story of Manzanar from four different perspectives. Taken together, they offer a glimpse of the elusive truth of the relocation camps a cautionary and poignant tale of pain, injustice, and the triumph of the human spirit. In 1942 110,000 American Japanese were incarcerated in relocation camps. One camp, Manzanar, was photographed by Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange, etc. These photographs present a tale of pain, injustice, and the triumph of the human spirit.
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"I came away both informed and moved." -- Peter Bunnell, Photo Historian
"Robinson has assembled a revealing collection of photographs and offers thoughtful commentary on the images." -- Guy Keeler, Fresno Bee, November 19, 2002
"Robinson has assembled a revealing collection of photographs and offers thoughtful commentary on the images." -- Guy Keeler, Fresno Bee, November 19, 2002
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Compiled by Gerald H. Robinson, Elusive Truth: Four Photographers At Manzanar is a strikingly impressive collection of historical photographs taken of the Manzanar relocation camp, one of several set up by the United States government in 1942 when it forcibly imprisoned a population of 110,000 Japanese-Americans citizens and Japanese residents for three years. The poignant text combines with meaningful images of daily life as it features the photographic talents of Ansel Adams, Clem Albers, Dorothea Lange, and Toyo Miyatake, and presents an unvarnished, candid, accurate portrayal. Highly recommended.
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American Japanese, Toyo Miyatake, Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, United States, Los Angeles, Clem Albers, National Archives, New Deal, Supreme Court, Tule Lake, University of California, Executive Order, Lone Pine, World War, Owens Valley, Ralph Merritt, West Coast, Pearl Harbor New!
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American Japanese, Toyo Miyatake, Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, United States, Los Angeles, Clem Albers, National Archives, New Deal, Supreme Court, Tule Lake, University of California, Executive Order, Lone Pine, World War, Owens Valley, Ralph Merritt, West Coast, Pearl Harbor New!
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- Born Free and Equal: The Story of Loyal Japanese Americans by Ansel Adams on page 24, and page 51
- American Photography: A Critical History 1945 to Present by Jonathan Green on page 53, and page 106
- Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition by Marc Reisner on page 107
- Dorothea Lange and the Documentary Tradition by Karin Becker Ohrn on page 52
- Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston on page 52
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