Snapshots of Confinement

Snapshots of Confinement follows the stories of album creators and their families to illuminate the hardships and resilience of Japanese Americans incarcerated by the US government during World War II. While the government used photography as a repressive tool during incarceration, many Japanese Americans used the camera as a tool of resistance. Through their creation, preservation, and presentation, people's photo albums follow the history of individual and community efforts to remember and address the everyday experiences and injustices of incarceration. In periods of silence and activism, photographs have remained tangible touchstones for remembering and understanding the impact of one of America's lesser known violations of its democratic ideals. Snapshots of Confinement will provides unique opportunity for audiences to engage with this history of Japanese American confinement through the stories of people who experienced it and their descendants.Snapshots of Confinement follows the stories of album creators and their families to illuminate the hardships and resilience of Japanese Americans incarcerated by the US government during World War II. While the government use... Read more