Billy Manbo walks westward along an avenue in the camp lined with piles of coal for the stoves in the barracks. Photograph by Bill Manbo.
Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II showcases sixty-five stunning images from a rare collection of color images taken by Bill Manbo, an internee at a Japanese American internment camp in the early 1940s. In this audio slideshow, editor Eric L. Muller talks about his impressions of Manbo’s photographs, taken at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming, and some of the history behind the camps. Colors of Confinement has received wide acclaim since its publication in August 2012 by the University of North Carolina Press and CDS Books of the Center for Documentary Studies. Stories have appeared in a number of print and online publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Picture Show, NPR’s photography blog.
An exhibit of photos from Colors of Confinement opens at the William and Ida Friday Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on October 3, 2012, and will run through December 14. Directions
The audio slideshow was created by Center for Documentary Studies digital arts and publishing intern Joel Mora; the audio is from Muller’s interview with communications intern Matt Phillips.
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