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When the American government began impounding Japanese American citizens after Pearl Harbor, photography became a battleground. The control of the means of representation affected nearly every aspect of the incarceration, from the mug shots…

Letter to the Editor with some details and insights into the evacuation and internment of people of Japanese ancestry cduring WWII.

Mozhdeh Oskouian was born in Tehran in 1966. Her father was in the Shah's Air Force, but after some persuasion from her mother during the Islamic Revolution, Mozdeh left her home country and immigrated to Seattle. Her asylum lawyer's poor performance…

Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Tran Thien Hiep owners of the Broadway Cleaners and Dryers on Capitol Hill. August 21 1977.

Photocopy of a portrait of Mr. Kawaguchi smiling with his catch.