Library of congress<\/a> in 1965 and said in a letter,<\/p>\n\u201c<\/span>The purpose of my work was to show how these people, suffering under a great injustice, and loss of property, businesses and professions, had overcome the sense of defeat and dispair [sic] by building for themselves a vital community in an arid (but magnificent) environment…. \nAll in all, I think this Manzanar Collection is an important historical document, and I trust it can be put to good use.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nTitle: Harry Sumida, in hospital, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams; Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943]; Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver; 1 negative : safety film; Summary: Harry Sumida, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, reading a book, next to a small table. “Oldest Neisi in Center,” according to caption on the negative sleeve; Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Louise Tami Nakamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Louise Tami Nakamura, youngest daughter in Nakamura family, bust portrait, facing front. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Japanese-American U.S. Naval cadet nurse, Kay Fukuda, Manzanar Series \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Kay Fukuda, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, in military uniform. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Girl and volley ball, Manzanar Relocation Center, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Young girl, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding a volley ball with both hands. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Hidemi Tayenaka, wood worker, Manzanar Relocation Center, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Hidemi Tayenaka, standing, facing left, pushing a piece of wood through a planer. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Hands of lathe worker, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Close-up view of lathe worker's hands. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Dressmaking class, Manzanar Relocation Center, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa, instructor, standing in front of class of women students, one woman in foreground with dressmaker's dummy. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Line crew at work in Manzanar, Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Electric line repair crew at work on electric pole next to building. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Kenji Sano \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Kenji Sano, farmer seg., bust portrait, facing front. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Farm, farm workers, Mt. Williamson in background, Manzanar Relocation Center, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Farm workers harvesting crops in field, mountains in the background. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Joyce Yuki Nakamura, (eldest daughter) \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Joyce Yuki Nakamura, bust portrait, facing front. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\nAnsel resigned from the Sierra Club Board in 1971 and also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980. He died in Carmel, California on the 22nd of April, 1984.<\/p>\n
What you see here is a completely different collection of Ansel's work from what most people know as he was most famous for his black and white landscape photographs especially those of the Yosemite National Park.<\/p>\n
Title: Yoshiko Joan Mori, stenographer in Education Office, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative: nitrate Summary: Yoshiko Joan Mori, half-length portrait, seated at a desk in an office, facing slightly right, holding a pen in her right hand over a steno pad. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Richard Kobayashi, farmer with cabbages, Manzanar Relocation Center, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Richard Kobayashi, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding a head of cabbage in each hand.Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Relocation good-byes, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Mrs. Otsuno Nakaji, three-quarter length portrait, standing against the open door of an automobile, facing left. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Yonehisa Yamagami, electrician, Manzanar Relocation Center, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Yonehisa Yamagami, bust portrait, facing slightly right, a cigarette holder between his teeth. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Tom Kobayashi, landscape, south fields, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Tom Kobayashi, half-length portrait, facing right with mountains in the background. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa, teacher of fashion and designing, etc., Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa and class of women students at table, looking at fashion magazines and patterns. Students are: Satoko Oka, Chizuko Karnii, Takako Nakanishi, Kikiyo Yamasuchi, Masako Kimochita, Mitsugo Fugi, Mie Mio, Chiye Kawase, and Miyeko Hoshozike. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Sumiko Shigematsu at power machine, Manzanar Relocation Center, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Sumiko Shigematsu, half-length portrait, seated at textile machinery, facing right. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Warehouse, M. Ogi, manager; S. Sugimoto, manager of Co-op; Bunkichi Hayashi, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: M. Ogi, S. Sugimoto, and Bunkichi Hayashi standing among shelves with boxes in warehouse. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Sumiko Shigematsu, foreman of power sewing machine girls, Manzanar Relocation Center, California Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 negative : safety film ; 4 x 5 in. Summary: Sumiko Shigematsu, standing at left, looking at row of women seated at sewing machines. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on reproduction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa, teacher, fashion designing class, Manzanar Relocation Center, California \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa and class of women students at table with fabric and dressmaking equipment. Students are: Satoko Oka, Chizuko Karnii, Takako Nakanishi, Kikiyo Yamasuchi, Masako Kimochita, Mitsugo Fugi, Mie Mio, Chiye Kawase, and Miyeko Hoshozike Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Mitsu Nakai and baby \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Mitsu Nakai, three-quarter length portrait, seated on couch, facing front, holding baby. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Toyo Miyatake, (Photographer) \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: T\u014dy\u014d Miyatake, bust portrait, facing front. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Tractor repair: Driver Benji Iguchi, Mechanic Henry Hanawa, Manzanar Relocation Center, California Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 negative : safety film ; 4 x 5 in. Summary: Mechanic repairs tractor engine while driver looks on, tool box in the foreground, pick-up truck in the background. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on reproduction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Vollyball, [i.e. volleyball] Manzanar Relocation Center, Calif. \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Japanese American women playing volleyball, one-story buildings and mountains in the background. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Work-offer board, Manzanar Relocation Center, Calif. \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Notices of available employment posted on an outdoor bulletin board. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Manzanar street scene, spring, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Two way traffic in the camp, and camp buildings. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Manzanar street scene, winter, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Rows of camp housing, covered on the outside with tarpaper, snow-covered mountains in the distance. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Miss Tetsuko Murakami \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Miss Tetsuko Murakami, secretary; bust portrait, facing front. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Miss Yemiko Sedohara \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Miss Yemiko Sedohara, secretary to Project Attorney, bust portrait, facing slightly right. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Shimizu \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Mrs. Shimizu seated on couch with lacework, and Mr. Shimizu lying on bed, reading. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Mrs. Nakamura and 2 daughters (Joyce Yuki and Louise Tami) \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Mrs. Nakamura and her two daughters, Joyce Yuki (r) and Louise Tami (l), half-length portrait, facing front. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: [Mrs. Yaeko Nakamura and her two children, Joyce Yuki (right) and Louise Tami (left), standing on the step at the entrance of a dwelling, Manzanar Relocation Center] \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film.Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi, bust portrait, facing front. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Pool in pleasure park, Manzanar Relocation Center, Calif. \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Japanese-style garden with pool at dusk with mountains in the background and moon. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Potatoe, [i.e., Potato] fields, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Workers pick potatoes and pack them into crates, mountains in the distance. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Relocation: Packing up, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : nitrate. Summary: Man stands on top of bus loading luggage while a group of people gather to say farewell, guardhouse in the background. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Roy Takeno (Editor) and group reading Manzanar paper [i.e. Los Angeles Times] in front of office, Yuichi Hirata, Nabuo Samamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 negative : safety film ; 4 x 5 in. Summary: Three men, two reading newspapers, standing in front of Office of Reports, Free Press. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on reproduction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Teruko Kiyomura \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: Teruko Kiyomura, bookkeeper, bust portrait, facing front. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Title: Tojo Miatake [i.e. T\u014dy\u014d Miyatake] Family, Manzanar Relocation Center \/ photograph by Ansel Adams. Creator(s): Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer Date Created\/Published: [1943] Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. 1 negative : safety film. Summary: T\u014dy\u014d Miyatake, full-length portrait, standing in his children's bedroom looking at his young daughter seated at a desk, drawing, while her mother stands behind her. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>To see more of Ansel's work on the Manzanar Relocation Center, visit the Library of Congress here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ansel Adams the landscape photography legend, creates an extraordinary set of photographs of Japanese life at the Manzanar War Relocation Center. 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