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Past Exhibition

Whispered Silences

Japanese American Detention Camps, Fifty Years Later

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Past Exhibition

Whispered Silences

Japanese American Detention Camps, Fifty Years Later

About this Exhibition

Whispered Silences features the work of fine-arts photographer Joan Myers who embarked on a journey to photograph all ten World War II War Relocation Authority concentration camps. The result of her odyssey is a series of haunting black and white images of the camps as they appear today and the relics that were left behind.

Developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Services, this exhibition also includes text by Japanese American historian, Dr. Gary Okihiro.

About this Exhibition

May 03 - September 14, 1997

Japanese American National Museum

About this Exhibition

Whispered Silences features the work of fine-arts photographer Joan Myers who embarked on a journey to photograph all ten World War II War Relocation Authority concentration camps. The result of her odyssey is a series of haunting black and white images of the camps as they appear today and the relics that were left behind.

Developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Services, this exhibition also includes text by Japanese American historian, Dr. Gary Okihiro.

About this Exhibition

May 03 - September 14, 1997

Japanese American National Museum

About this Exhibition

Whispered Silences features the work of fine-arts photographer Joan Myers who embarked on a journey to photograph all ten World War II War Relocation Authority concentration camps. The result of her odyssey is a series of haunting black and white images of the camps as they appear today and the relics that were left behind.

Developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Services, this exhibition also includes text by Japanese American historian, Dr. Gary Okihiro.

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