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Picture Man: the legacy of southeast Alaska photographer Shoki Kayamori

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dc.contributor.authorThomas, Margaret, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Alaska Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-21T13:56:46Z
dc.date.available2022-04-21T13:56:46Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIn 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.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsMeiji Japan -- West Coast -- The Aokis -- Cannery Life -- Yakutat -- Spies -- The Collection.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/234748
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity of Alaska Press
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectJapanese American photographers -- Alaska -- Biography
dc.subjectPhotographers -- Alaska -- Biography
dc.subjectJapanese Americans -- Alaska -- Biography
dc.subjectImmigrants -- Alaska -- Biography
dc.subjectJapanese Americans -- Alaska -- Social conditions -- 20th century
dc.subjectAlaska -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
dc.subjectTlingit Indians -- Alaska -- Yakutat -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
dc.subjectYakutat (Alaska) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
dc.subjectDocumentary photography -- Alaska -- History -- 20th century
dc.subjectKayamori, Shoki, 1877-1941
dc.titlePicture Man: the legacy of southeast Alaska photographer Shoki Kayamori
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