Born Free and Equal: The Story of Loyal Japanese Americans Manzanar Relocation Center Inyo County, California

Bishop, CA: Spotted Dog Press, 2001. 128pp. Quarto [29 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. Celebrated work and essay on the Manzanar internment camp by the famed photographer, Ansel Adams. In the autumn of 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984) arrived at Manzanar and immediately began documenting the interned individuals and families at work and play. This reprint contains thirteen more photographs than the original edition. "Moved by the human story unfolding in the encirclement of desert and mountains, and by the wish to identify my photography in some creative way with the tragic momentum of the times, I came to Manzanar with my camera in the fall of 1943." - Ansel Adams. Zamorano Select 1. (Inventory #: 8863)