Toyo Miyatake: Capturing the Stories of Japanese Americans in L.A.

It was several months into his forced incarceration at Manzanar when Toyo Miyatake shared an epiphany with his teen son Archie.

“As a photographer, I have a responsibility,” Toyo said on that dry October day in 1942 as he took out some lenses and film holders from a suitcase. “I have to take all the pictures in Manzanar to keep a record of what’s going on here.”

published on October 25, 2019