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Thu, Apr 19 2012

THROUGH THE FIRE: Asian American Portraits of Encounter: Readings of Identity

Also tagged: Japanese, 'art', anna kazumi stahl, Asian American Literary Review, david ward, Garrett Hongo, german, language, national portrait gallery, portraiture now: asian american portraits of encounter, RACE, satomi shirai, shizu saldamando, Spanish

By PATRICIA WAKIDA Renowned portrait artist Steve Pyke has said that he is interested in the story each face has to tell, the story that is etched into the landscape of our faces. In 2011 the Smithsonian...

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Wed, Apr 11 2012

Life Behind Barbed Wire

Also tagged: ansel adams, archie miyatake, California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, DOROTHEA LANGE, Eastern California Museum, independence california, manzanar, manzanar pilgrimage 2012, manzanar reception, miyatake studio, toyo miyatake, WWII

Toyo Miyatake captured everyday life in Manzanar, including children gathering at the General Store in Block 21. Seventy of his camp photos are now on display at the Eastern California Museum in Independence. INDEPENDENCE,...

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Fri, Mar 16 2012

Swept Away

Also tagged: 'art', great east japan earthquake and tsunami, Japan, lost and found, miyagi, tohoku, tsunami, yamaguchi

Photographs on display during the exhibit's stop in Tokyo. By MIA MONNIER Rafu Staff Writer The photos line one wall of the Hiroshi Watanabe Studio in West Hollywood, stretching from floor to ceiling,...

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Thu, Oct 6 2011

OCHAZUKE: Kaz Arai, the Photo Guy

Also tagged: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atsuko Saito, Bay Area, Cherry Blossom Festival, Chris Hirano, Cooperstown, Daisuke Matsuzaka, ERIKO ARAI, Fujita World Travel, Gina Hotta, HARUNA ARAI, Helen Utsumi, Herb Caen, Hokamp's Bakery, Hokkaido, hokubei mainichi, Japan Baseball Hall of Fame, JCCCNC, Joe DiMaggio, KAZUYOSHI ARAI, Kerry Yo Nakagawa, Konnichiwa! I Am a Japanese American Girl, Koshien, Lauren Kamiya, Lefty O'Doul, Loma Prieta, los angeles dodgers, Masao Fujita, Nikkei & Retirement, Nisei Baseball Research Project, Northern California Nanshiki Baseball League, Patty Wada, PHOTOGRAPHER, S.F. Buddhist Women's Association, San Francisco Giants, Senior Appreciation Brunch, Toraya Restaurant, TRICIA BROWN

By J.K. YAMAMOTO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Oct. 5, 2011. Updated Oct. 21, 2011.) === The former staff members of the Hokubei Mainichi have all gone their separate ways, many having left long...

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Thu, Oct 21 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Nearly Discarded, Photographic Trove Documenting Postwar L.A. Nikkei Past Awaits New Future

Also tagged: BOB TANABE, CONCENTRATION CAMP, ELWIN ICHIRO NINOMIYA, GEORGE JOHNSTON, internment, INTERNMENT CAMP, janm, JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORY, KINSO NINOMIYA, MICHAEL RISNER, MUSEUM FUNDING, photos

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on October 14, 2010.) === One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. — A common everyday saying It’s been a little more than a year...

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Thu, Aug 26 2010

THROUGH THE FIRE: The Power of Obon

Also tagged: CHRISTY ISHIMINE, Columnists, DAVID OSAKO, FAR EAST CAFE, FESTIVALS, Food, heart mountain, Higashi Hongwanji, HOLD UP GALLERY, j-town, janm, KINOKUNIYA, KYODO GRILL, L.A. ODORI, little tokyo, MEMORIES, MIXED ARARE, NIHONMACHI, nisei week, obon, Obon Jivers, Sansei, sharon yamato, SUGAR BOWL, taiko, tanabata, through the fire, yonsei

By SHARON YAMATO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 25, 2010.) === It’s been great to see J-town bustling with Nisei Week activity during the past few weeks. Tanabatas, booths selling Asian...

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Wed, May 26 2010

The Final Shutter

Also tagged: business, camera, j-town, Kimura Photomart, little tokyo, little tokyo business, Mario G. Reyes, photos, Second Street

Kimura Photomart, which has been serving Little Tokyo and Downtown for 55 years will close this Saturday. Above, two women, who said they were frequent Kimura customers read the announcement. (MIKEY HIRANO...

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Fri, Mar 19 2010

All Mixed Up

Also tagged: 'art', hapa, janm, kip fulbeck, little tokyo, Mixed, multiracial

Kip Fulbeck’s latest exhibition at the the Japanese American National Museum features 70 photos of children of mixed racial heritage. A new exhibition, “Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids” by Kip...

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Tag Archives: photography

THROUGH THE FIRE: Asian American Portraits of Encounter: Readings of Identity

Life Behind Barbed Wire

Swept Away

OCHAZUKE: Kaz Arai, the Photo Guy

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Nearly Discarded, Photographic Trove Documenting Postwar L.A. Nikkei Past Awaits New Future

THROUGH THE FIRE: The Power of Obon

The Final Shutter

All Mixed Up

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