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DESCRIPTION:BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration\n\nOakland 
 Museum of California (OMCA)\n\nFriday, September 18, 2026—Sunday, 
 December 27, 2026\n\nMore info: 
 https://museumca.org/on-view/behere-1942-a-new-lens-on-the-japanese-american-incarceration\n\n\nCan 
 looking closely at photographs change what we see, know, and feel about 
 this history? \n\nJapanese artist Masaki Fujihata explores this very 
 question in BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American 
 Incarceration. Through immersive installations of historic images and 
 augmented reality (AR) experiences, the exhibition brings visitors into the 
 moments of 1942—before Japanese Americans in Oakland, San Francisco, and 
 Los Angeles were transported to concentration camps during World War II. 
 \n\nFujihata has spent years combing through the archives of famed 
 photographers Dorothea Lange and Russell Lee, who documented the forced 
 incarceration of Japanese Americans in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, 
 respectively. In this exhibition, he enlarges, zooms into, and activates 
 their images to encourage visitors to look more closely—at the emotions 
 of each subject and at the power dynamics at play between the photographer 
 behind the camera and people in front of it. \n\nOriginally developed by 
 the Yanai Initiative at UCLA and presented at the Japanese American 
 National Museum in 2022, OMCA’s exhibition features new elements specific 
 to the Bay Area. Highlights include installations that draw from Dorothea 
 Lange’s 1942 photographs of San Francisco and Oakland, some taken 
 directly across the street from what is now Oakland Museum of California. 
 \n\nFujihata also created a new three-screen video featuring local 
 residents, some with connections to the story of Japanese American 
 incarceration and others impacted by present-day anti-immigrant policies. 
 Significantly, BeHere / 1942 extends into Oak Street Plaza, where a 
 life-size image of Japanese Americans lined up to board buses creates the 
 basis for an AR experience. When visitors look at the AR app, they will see 
 images of buses and people moving as they might have in 1942 layered over 
 the plaza. \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/03/18888390.php
SUMMARY:BeHere / 1942: OMCA Opening Day of Japanese American WWII Incarceration Exhibit
LOCATION:Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)\n1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA\ncross 
 street at 10th Street situated between downtown Oakland and Lake Merritt
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/03/18888390.php
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