Manzanar

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted March 22, 20121,709 views7 comments

Manzanar is located in Owens Valley California and was one of the 10 relocation centers for Japanese-Americans during World War II. Up to 10,000 people were moved from their homes and forced to live in this remote location. This photo was taken in February 2007 while on our way home from a ski weekend in Mammoth. My son was working on a high school report on Manzanar at the time and got extra credit for visiting the site and museum. Being there on this cold winter afternoon really gave us a feeling of the difficult conditions these people faced. Ansel Adams did a series of photographs on Manzanar called "Suffering under a Great Injustice: Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar". Since the main subject here is an object and it’s in a place that’s about people, I figured I would post this here as opposed to M&N.

Thanks and comments welcome,
Rudy

D80, 18-135mm
Hand held, auto mode, Jpeg format with no P.P. (other then down sizing and cropping)

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 22, 2012 at 3:51 PM

Thanks for sharing. Good capture and story........

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on March 22, 2012 at 10:30 PM

Very cool!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 23, 2012 at 11:38 AM

Great take on this monument. I love the glow around it at the top. Very evocative.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on March 25, 2012 at 2:10 PM

Rudy,

Very well done image of a place filled with demons spirits and angels from history. Does the place justice.

Paul

Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Dayton on March 26, 2012 at 1:50 PM

Thanks for sharing, Rudy. I've driven to this monument. I've never had the good lighitng and
lovely sky from which you benefitted. The top of the monument has a radiant backlit glow
about it that is a real plus for this image. I also appreciate the
background history of the place that you've taken the time to share
with us.

Registered on November 11, 2008, 281 Posts, 3958 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 17, 2012 at 5:16 PM

Fabulous and dramatic image, Rudy. Thanks for posting it and telling a little about it. Somehow, it seems like holy ground the way you captured it. Rightfully so...

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on April 23, 2012 at 11:38 PM

Very strong image, I really like it. Nice work!

Only a single nit: I might consider removing the clouds in the upper left corner, as they are a bit distracting, at least to my eye.

Registered on November 19, 2008, 49 Posts, 1035 Comments