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Lectures & Discussions

"Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray"

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Lectures & Discussions

"Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray"

Elegant and penetrating, Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray positions this immigrant photographer within the canon of American art. In Los Angeles, Miyatake is renowned as a studio photographer. To others he is known for having smuggled a lens and film holder into one of America's WWII concentration camps. Yet it was his little-known artistic pursuits before the war that honed his discerning eye. Join filmmaker Bob Nakamura and composer David Iwataki as they share their experiences in creating the video, which includes never-before seen images of Manzanar and recently-discovered home movies of Little Tokyo taken by Miyatake. Iwataki will perform compositions from the soundtrack.

Thursday, Oct 04, 2001

7:00 PM PDT

Elegant and penetrating, Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray positions this immigrant photographer within the canon of American art. In Los Angeles, Miyatake is renowned as a studio photographer. To others he is known for having smuggled a lens and film holder into one of America's WWII concentration camps. Yet it was his little-known artistic pursuits before the war that honed his discerning eye. Join filmmaker Bob Nakamura and composer David Iwataki as they share their experiences in creating the video, which includes never-before seen images of Manzanar and recently-discovered home movies of Little Tokyo taken by Miyatake. Iwataki will perform compositions from the soundtrack.

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