Exposé sur la photographie sans nom de Dorothea Lange

Résumé du document

Ce document est une présentation et analyse d'une photographie d'archive des camps de concentration des Japonais pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

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[...] This picture was taken weeks after the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese, President Roosevelt on the 19th of February in 1942 with his executive order number 9066, ordered the internment of the Japanese people even if most of them had the American nationality, he justifies it by saying it was for the country's safety, to avoid spies and sabotage. Those families who were relocated in camps had tags with numbers on it and lived in camps that were built in a hurry, so it was in very bad conditions for several years. Indeed, the last camp was closed in 1946. [...]

[...] This picture was taken by Dorothea Lange. It does not have a title, but the description says that it was taken on the 25th of April in 1942 and it represents residents of Japanese ancestry who appear for registration prior to evacuation. Dorothea Lange is an American photojournalist who is known for her documentary work about the consequences of the Great depression. She was hired by the War Relocation Authority to create a photographic record about the relocation and evacuation of Japanese Americans in 1942. [...]