At the outset of World War II, the American government feared subversive actions by the Japanese American citizens and began moving them to relocation camps.
Manzanar was one of 10 sites where about 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced to live.
It was an abandoned agricultural settlement that was repurposed as relocation center.
Adams noted that at least the landscape surrounding Manzanar was "magnificent."
10,000 people would be housed at Manzanar.
Adams' works showed the humanity of people living at the camps. Here, Ryie Yoshizawa, center, teaches a class on dressmaking.
Here, from left to right: Louise Tami Nakamura, holding the hand of Mrs. Naguchi, and Joyce Yuki Nakamura.
In many instances, Adams took portraits of the people whose daily lives he photographed, like this one of the same little girl, Joyce Yuki Nakamura.
This one is labeled only in the collection as "Mrs. Kay Kageyama."
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