Stone Garden
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
Stone Garden
Manzanar Revisited
Guard Shacks
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
Guard Shacks
Manzanar Revisited
Administration Building Wall
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
Administration Building Wall
Manzanar Revisited
Pond
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
Pond
Manzanar Revisited
Walkway
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
Walkway
Manzanar Revisited
Park Marker 1
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
Park Marker 1
Manzanar Revisited
Park Marker 2
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
Park Marker 2
Manzanar Revisited
Hospital Complex
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
Hospital Complex
Manzanar Revisited
Garden 9
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
Garden 9
Manzanar Revisited
Cemetary Monument
Manzanar was one several camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII. The camps were closed in 1945 and little had been done to preserve or protect the site until 2002 when the site was transferred from the City of Los Angeles to the National Park Service (NPS). This photographic project began in 1994, documenting the ruins and remaining structures at the site. The NPS completed renovation of the original gymnasium in 2004, tranforming it into an interpretive center and reconditioned the roads to create a driving tour of the site.
The images in this series are constructed into 14 ft. x 7 ft. folding screens. Each screen is a four-panel print showing the ruins of sites located inside Manzanar. The screens perform the dual function of impenetrable wall, or folding window, suggesting a difficult, but necessary consideration of the past. Accompanying texts elaborate history through subjective memory of historic events that further complicate political, institutional, and generational experiences relating to the internment camps. This work has been shown at the Japanese American National Museum and is part of their permanent collection.
