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Picture Man The Legacy of Southeast Alaska Photographer Shoki Kayamori / Margaret Thomas
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Margaret.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kayamori, Shoki, 1877-1941.
- Tlingit Indians--Social life and customs.
- Race relations.
- Photographers.
- Manners and customs.
- Japanese Americans--Social conditions.
- Japanese Americans.
- Japanese American photographers.
- Immigrants.
- Documentary photography.
- Documentary photography--Alaska--History--20th century.
- Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Yakutat--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Tlingit Indians.
- Japanese Americans--Alaska--Social conditions--20th century.
- Immigrants--Alaska--Biography.
- Japanese Americans--Alaska--Biography.
- Photographers--Alaska--Biography.
- Japanese American photographers--Alaska--Biography.
- Alaska--Yakutat.
- Alaska.
- Yakutat (Alaska)--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Yakutat (Alaska).
- Alaska--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works
- History
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (149 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Fairbanks Univ. of Alaska Press 2015
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In 1912, Shoki Kayamori and his box camera arrived in a small Tlingit village in southeast Alaska. At a time when Asian immigrants were forbidden to own property and faced intense racial pressure, the Japanese-born Kayamori put down roots and became part of the Yakutat community. For three decades he photographed daily life in the village, turning his lens on locals and migrants alike, and gaining the nickname 'Picture Man.' But as World War II drew near, his passion for photography turned dangerous as government officials called out Kayamori as a potential spy. Despondent, Kayamori committed suicide, leaving behind an enigmatic photographic legacy. In Picture Man, Margaret Thomas views Kayamori's life through multiple lenses. Using Kayamori's original photos, she explores the economic and political realities that sent Kayamori and thousands like him out of Japan toward opportunity and adventure in the United States, especially the Pacific Northwest. She reveals the tensions around Asian immigrants in the West Coast and the racism that sent many young men north to work in the canneries of Alaska. And she illuminates the intersecting--and at times conflicting--lives of villagers and migrants in a time of enormous change. Part history, part biography, part photographic showcase, Picture Man offers a fascinating new view of Alaska history"
- Contents:
- Meiji JapanWest Coast
- The Aokis
- Cannery Life
- Yakutat
- Spies
- The Collection.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781602232464
- 1602232466
- OCLC:
- 907774820
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