Hikaru Iwasaki

Hikaru Iwasaki
Born	(1923-10-18)October 18, 1923 San Jose, California, U.S.
Died	September 15, 2016(2016-09-15) (aged 92)
Known for	Photography

Hikaru “Carl” Iwasaki (October 18, 1923 – September 15, 2016)^[1] was an American born photographer of Japanese heritage who was sent to the Heart Mountain US internment camp as a teen during World War II following the signing of Executive Order 9066.^[2]

Born in San Jose, California, he "was a photographer in U.S. relocation camps for Japanese citizens during World War II."^[3] He was a contributor to Time, Life and Sports Illustrated magazines^[4] and photographed politicians and sports celebrities. He also photographed ordinary Japanese-Americans^[5] in the aftermath of the World War II internment.^[6] He also documented events of the civil rights movement, including the reaction to the Brown vs. the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas in the 1950s.^[1]

Photographs

Photo Gallery
Grave Marker at the Granada Relocation Center
Military service sign from the Granada Relocation Center
Harry Ishigaki conducts an experiment in Chemistry in the laboratory of the Heart Mountain High School.
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. "Tubbie" Kunimatsu and Laverne Kurahara demonstrate some intricate jitterbug steps, during a school dance held in the high school gymnasium.
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Scene in the Heart Mountain High School library
Granada Relocation Center internees arrive by truck to board trains taking them to California and elsewhere
Internees of the Colorado River Relocation Center board trains
Shuichi Yamamoto, last Amache evacuee to leave the Granada Project Relocation Center
Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A teacher in the Jerome school bids goodye to some of her little pupils as they wait in the trucks to be put on the trains to other centers.

References

^ ^a ^b "Hikaru "Carl" Iwasaki, famed Japanese-American photographer, dies at 93 in Denver". The Denver Post. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
^ Estrin, James (23 February 2017). "A Lesson From the 1940s: 'America Is Capable of Being Un-American'". Lens Blog. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
^ "Iwasaki, Hikaru, 1923- Person Authority Record". NATIONAL ARCHIVES CATALOG. Hikaru Iwasaki (b. 1923, San Jose, Calif.) was a photographer in U.S. relocation camps for Japanese citizens during World War II.
^ Silva, Olivier Laurent, Alexandra Genova, Bianca. "In Memoriam: Remembering the Photographers We Lost in 2016". Time. Retrieved 2017-11-08.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945 | Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center NOW". NOW. 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
^ Hikaru "Carl" Iwasaki, retrieved 2017-11-08