Born in San Jose, California, he "was a photographer in U.S. relocation camps for Japanese citizens during World War II."[3] He was a contributor to Time, Life and Sports Illustrated magazines[4] and photographed politicians and sports celebrities. He also photographed ordinary Japanese-Americans[5] in the aftermath of the World War II internment.[6] He also documented events of the civil rights movement, including the reaction to the Brown vs. the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas in the 1950s.[1]
Photographs
Photo Gallery
Grave Marker at the Granada Relocation Center
Military service sign from the Granada Relocation Center
Harry Ishigaki conducts an experiment in Chemistry in the laboratory of the Heart Mountain High School.
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. "Tubbie" Kunimatsu and Laverne Kurahara demonstrate some intricate jitterbug steps, during a school dance held in the high school gymnasium.
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Scene in the Heart Mountain High School library
Granada Relocation Center internees arrive by truck to board trains taking them to California and elsewhere
Internees of the Colorado River Relocation Center board trains
Shuichi Yamamoto, last Amache evacuee to leave the Granada Project Relocation Center
Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A teacher in the Jerome school bids goodye to some of her little pupils as they wait in the trucks to be put on the trains to other centers.
^"Iwasaki, Hikaru, 1923- Person Authority Record". NATIONAL ARCHIVES CATALOG. Hikaru Iwasaki (b. 1923, San Jose, Calif.) was a photographer in U.S. relocation camps for Japanese citizens during World War II.