Japanese-Americans Imprisoned, but Unbowed, During World War II A photojournalist’s discovery that his father was among thousands of Japanese-Americans confined to internment camps during World War II led him to seek out survivors who had been photographed by Dorothea Lange. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/japanese-americans-imprisoned-but-unbowed-during-world-war-two/ Paul Kitagaki Jr. had just started out as a photographer in…
They Worked for America. Now These Afghans Face Violence and Poverty Here. Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. military were granted safe haven in California. Danger awaited them there as well. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/they-worked-for-america-now-these-afghans-face-violence-and-poverty-here/ Their ordeal was covered by The Sacramento Bee in a touching story about the funeral that was…
Link: NPPA Announces Six 2012 Short Grant Winners Six talented photojournalists have learned that they will be receiving $3,000 each to work on photography projects as winners of the 2012 NPPA Short Grants Competition. The winners are Jared Soares, Amanda Lucier, Paul Kitagaki Jr., Torsten Kjellstrand, Christopher Capozziello, and Jenn Ackerman.
Link: 2012 Summer Olympics – Nhat Meyer Of this whole cool scene, my favorite moment was when we were all taking cellphone pictures at the same time of the divers entering the water. I was thinking – “I’m taking cellphone pictures with Kluetmeier and Burnett, how cool is that!” Link: 2012 Summer Olympics – Al…
