“TOYO: Behind the Glass Eye,” an exhibition of photographs by Toyo Miyatake, opened Oct. 5 at the George J. Doizaki Gallery at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, 244 S. San Pedro St. in Little Tokyo, and closes Sunday, Dec. 10. The gallery will be open from 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; free admission. Above: Miyatake’s grandson Alan with Madame Fujima Kansuma and her daughter Miyako Tachibana at the opening reception, which included remarks by JACCC Master Artist-in-Residence Hirokazu Kosaka. Below: Before photography was allowed at Manzanar, Toyo Miyatake secretly recorded camp life with a homemade camera. For more information, visit www.jaccc.org. (Photos by NOBUYUKI OKADA)

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