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During WWII Miyatake was interned at Manzanar <ref> http://www.nps.gov/manz/ </ref> relocation camp in the Owens Valley. He smuggled a camera lens into the camp and constructed a camera body from wood. The pictures he secretly took at the camp are the only ones that show the plight of US Citizens detained in the camps during the war. <ref> http://www.nps.gov/manz/planyourvisit/auto-tour.htm </ref>
The first note is a bit strange -- why not just link to Manzanar? -- but I don't want to dwell on it. The second is bizarre. It gives as an authority an nps.gov page that makes no such assertion. And the assertion is hard to believe, as Dorothea Lange famously photographed Manzanar. Perhaps what's meant is that Lange somehow glossed over the plight, while Miyatake faithfully recorded it. This would be a major claim, certainly requiring a credible source.
I've left in this claim about "the only ones that show the plight", but have marked it with a FACT flag. If no evidence is forthcoming fast, the claim should be removed. -- Hoary (talk) 04:49, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That M smuggled a lens into the Relocation Camp is factual. That he built a camera from wood is also factual. I will admit that the word only should be removed from the sentence. A full statement would be that he is the first to photograph the plight of the internees. Eventually he was allowed to photograph openly. The Museum at Manzanar has extensive coverage of M and his camera and many of his photos are there. My original knowledge of M and his camera are a result of my wife's family using M for family portraits.
Thank you
Saltysailor (talk) 18:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest deleting the tag "A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (May 2017)". I think that there are enough contributors to the article that this is no longer necessary. Geoffrey.landis (talk) 01:57, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
