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Through the early parts of America’s involvement in World War II, the United States forceably moved and imprisoned over 120,000 of its Japanese citizens. They were mostly taken from the West Coast to more inland places such as Idaho, Utah, and Camp Amache in Colorado, pictured here.
The camp, near the town of Granada, was opened in August of 1942. Over its three-years of existence, nearly 10,000 Japanese-Americans were shuffled through. The population at any given time was around 7,000.
Most of the prisoners came from the Los Angeles area. The were allowed only one bag per person, and were forced to sell homes, businesses, cars, pets.
Local white residents grew resentful when the Camp built a high school for its imprisoned children. They saw this as coddling.
But though they were prisoners, the history and reality of the situation isn’t so simple to digest. For example, their high school football team was treated like any other high school team, playing against other nearby schools (and winning all but one game in three years).
Words like “prisoner” and “forceably removed” are accurate and necessary, but – as will most history – there is nuance. The white culture of the United States is replete with racism. We’ve allowed it to soak into every page of our history. But white culture, like any human culture, also has empathy, goodness, and compassion. The mixture of this hatred with goodness, even love, is difficult to parse and understand. It never pleases either “side” in any debate.
History, it seems, has no sides. It just is. We can twist and interpret it to meet our ends, but ultimately, history doesn’t give a damn about us, and we should probably just accept it as it is.
All that is left today at Camp Amache is this watertower, a rebuilt barracks, a graveyard, and a sprawling gridwork of streets. It’s open to the public, and well worth a visit – as are all of the Japanese-American interment camps.
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‘Counts as Straw’
Camera: Ansco Color Clipper (c1950)
Film: Kodak Gold 100 (x-03/1996)
Process: DIY ECN-2
Granada War Relocation Center (Japanese Interment Camp Amache), Colorado
I got out for a sunrise north of Cairns at Ellis Beach. Found this little group of rocks to help with my composition. The sun broke through the clouds for a few minutes and created some nice morning light. Enjoy.
You can see the video of this photoshoot at youtu.be/nfc2CcRlJFI
When I saw this scene shortly before sunset it looked like mist. I knew it couldn't be, it's light filtering through the foliage and the nature of the sandy terrain that creates the effect which is emphasised by a bit of lens flare and the 3 exposure blend required to deal with the contrast. Dunes de la Marina national park in Spain
........Arched window.
For those that remember Playschool.
Out one night and saw the window lit up, and remembered those far distant days of B/W tv.
9-22-20 Tunnel City, WI. Amtrak #7 the westbound Empire Builder is coming out of the tunnel and through the hills at Tunnel City on their way to Spokane.
RUPO with MEC 315 - MEC 512 - MEC 516 heads west through Auburn, Maine with about 45 cars.
April 15, 2022
tug boat going by leaves an interesting light trail on the fraser river. View of new westminster from surrey, bc
Hecckfield boasts the credit of a vast hotel and arboretum which includes vast panorama views of the county.with lakes and walks aplenty. Not a big village in itself
An elderly gentleman makes his way through the backstreets of Kyoto. I saw him approaching with his shiny shoes, purposeful stride and the Japanese flags attached to his trolley. I had a gut reaction that this was a moment I needed to capture. Now, looking back over the thousands of images I took on the trip, this one is special to me. I waited for the moment he would be in just enough sidelight to pick out all the essential elements.
I think there are several layers of meaning here. I’ll leave it up to you to work them out. What do you see?
OHCR 2160 rolls lite through Waste Management's Pittsburgh Greenstar Recycling site as the crew heads back out to the yard to continue their work. July 13, 2020.
Through the lens of a philosophical photographer, this image of Klostergarasjen in Bergen, Norway, becomes a meditation on the transient nature of existence. The orderly rows of cars, bathed in the cold, artificial glow of overhead lights, stand as silent witnesses to the fleeting moments of human passage—embodied by the blurred figures with luggage, drifting toward an unseen horizon marked by a solitary arrow. The concrete expanse, both confining and expansive, mirrors the duality of structure and freedom in our lives, while the interplay of light and shadow invites contemplation on the interplay between presence and absence. This is not merely a parking garage, but a stage where time and identity converge, captured in a single, contemplative frame.
Amtrak California Zephyr No. 5 rounds the curve through Leyden, Colorado as the BNSF Provo, Utah to Denver manifest holds in the siding.
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Travelling through the farmlands of California's Central Valley yesterday, Mr. Worm was met with this delightful sight. Broccoli as far as the eye could see. He was more than happy to do his part and help the farmers organically.
Happy Worms Eye View Sunday and Happy Sliders Sunday
A three-car Union Pearson Express train is westbound on the flyunder west of Union Station in Toronto.
Canadian Pacific run-through train Q165 heads west down the Garret Sub. near Milford Junction, Indiana with some snow it likely picked up while busting a drift somewhere in Canada.