6. Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII at ICP

Dorothea Lange, Centerville, California, May 9, 1942. Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration

The Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942, set in motion the forced removal and imprisonment of all people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. The exhibition, Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II by the International Center of Photography, features 100 images taken by renowned photographers who sought to document the lives of Japanese Americans in incarceration camps and their forced eviction from their homes. During this time, the United States Government incarcerated 120,000 citizens and legal residents. One of them was Tomo Miyatake, whose photographs will also be on display.

Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II will be on view until May 6th, 2018 at the International Center of Photography on 250 Bowery.