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Exhibit runs from August 6 &mdash\; Septem ber 20
\nARTIST TALK: 7&ndash\;7:45pm
RECEPTION: \;7:45&ndash\;8:45pm
Artist Statem ent
\nI have been photographing Japanese American Nisei vet erans for the past eighteen years. I started this project because I wanted to photograph veterans in an artistic way and share the stories that need ed to be remembered for the next generation. The Nisei almost universally never talked about their war experiences\, so I felt it was necessary to s hare what they could not.
\nI printed the images dark and &ldquo\;co ntrasty&rdquo\; for a feeling of mystery and bravery\, desaturating the co lors for a more somber mood. The deconstructed frames represent the Nisei veterans' resilience. Whether they were fighting on the battlefield or imp risoned in &ldquo\;camps\,&rdquo\; the inner fortitude or &ldquo\;Gaman&rd quo\; they showed was stronger than steel. My goal is for people to feel i nspired by the triumphs of the Nisei\, and also show the complex range of emotions these men must have felt fighting for this country&hellip\;a coun try that did not fight for them.
\nArtist Bio
\nShane Sato has spent most of his career working in publicity and advert ising in the United States and in Asia. He has worked in many aspects in t he Asian American community\, photographing for movies\, magazine and even ts for over thirty years.
\nThis program has received funding fr
om Utah Humanities.
The Utah Chapters of the Japanese A
merican Citizens League (JACL) \;helped in organizing this event.<
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