Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Carl Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945

Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Carl Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945

Talk by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi

Saturday, July 25, 2009, 2:00p.m.
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
1416 South Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98144

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Event Overview

The publication of this book is a milestone, if only because the history of Japanese American ‘resettlement’ is relatively unknown. Through its text and fascinating photos, Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens sheds a great deal of light on what this process was all about, from the point of view of both the Japanese Americans who experienced it firsthand and the federal bureaucrats who carried it out.”
-- Norman Y. Mineta

Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project presents a free talk by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi on July 25 at 2:00pm. Asian American studies scholar Hirabayashi will explore the government's use of photography in the process of "resettling" Japanese Americans out of internment camps and into communities around the country in the 1940s. He will discuss his latest book, Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945. This richly illustrated book investigates questions related to official photographs produced for the War Relocation Authority, the government agency in charge of the internment camps. How were the photographs staged? How were they used to influence public opinion during and after the war? Lane Hirabayashi is chairman of the Asian American Studies Department and the George and Sakaye Aratani Professor of the Japanese American Internment, Redress, and Community at UCLA.

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Program

1:30 p.m. Doors open

2:00 p.m. Introduction by Executive Director Tom Ikeda

2:15 p.m. Lane Hirabayashi speaks about his research and book

3:00 p.m. Audience questions

3:20 p.m. Book signing

Admission

This event is free of charge. No tickets are required. Seating is unreserved.

Directions

Densho is located at 1416 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA 98144. Unmetered parking is available on surrounding streets. Map

Event Co-sponsors

Elliott Bay Book Company is providing books for this event. Visit the Elliott Bay Book Company store or website.

Questions?

For more information, contact Densho at 206-320-0095 or info@densho.org.