Frank Vargas
Toyo Miyatake "Three Boys Playing Near a Barbed-Wire Fence"
1943
The picture I selected was taken in 1943 by Toyo Miyataoke. I displays the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War 2, in this case three young boys. When looking at this image I get the feeling of repetition and anger. Repetition because of the internment camps during World War 1 and the anger because in the passage of time between the two world wars, the US learned absolutely nothing. This image is very powerful because in the concentration camps there were even younger boys and girls looking out past the gates in which they were caged in. Miyataoke reminds everyone that the US is no better than they were and i think that's the meaning behind this photograph.
