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Patrick Nagatani (August 19, 1945 – October 27, 2017) was an American photographer and educator perhaps best known for his work relating to the unique history of Japanese Americans including their experience with internment camps.
Nagatani was born on August 19, 1945, in Chicago, just ten days after the atomic blast on Nagasaki. A Sansei, he was the eldest son of John Shuzo and Diane Yoshiye Nagatani. In 1955, the Nagatanis moved to Los Angeles, where they settled in the
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As an artist, Nagatani's works have been exhibited internationally and have been featured in numerous publications and films. Nagatani died on October 27, 2017, at his home in Albuquerque.
* 1976 – Pal Gallery, Evergreen State University, Olympia, Washington
* 1982 – Canon Photo Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ''Chromo-Therapy Series''
* 1991 – Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York City, ''Nuclear Enchantment''
* 2005 – Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, Vermont, ''Chromatherapy''
* 2011 – Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California, ''Desire for Magic: Patrick Nagatani 1978–2008''
* 2012 – Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, West Virginia, ''Desire for Magic: Patrick Nagatani 1978–2008''
* 2018 – University of Michigan Museum of Art, ''Proof: The Ryoichi Excavations''
* 1976 – ''1976 Member's Exhibition'', Friends of Photography, Carmel, California
* 1983 – ''The Big Picture'', curated by Barbara Hitchcock and Arthur Ollman, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
* 1993 – Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (four artists)
* 2003 – ''Bridge: Photographs by Robert Clarke-Davis, Jocelyn Nevel, and Patrick Nagatani'', Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan
* 2013 – ''Private Universes / Personal Spaces'', SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico (six artists)
Biography
Nagatani was born on August 19, 1945, in Chicago, just ten days after the atomic blast on Nagasaki. A Sansei, he was the eldest son of John Shuzo and Diane Yoshiye Nagatani. In 1955, the Nagatanis moved to Los Angeles, where they settled in the Crenshaw District
Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw is a neighborhood in the south region of the city of Los Angeles. It is divided between the upscale, principally home-owning Baldwin Hills residential district to the south and a more concentrated apartment area to the ...
, which at one time had the largest concentration of Japanese-Americans in the country.
In Los Angeles, Nagatani attended Coliseum Street School, Audubon Jr. High School, and Dorsey High School. At Dorsey, he was an honor student, ran hurdles, and was an officer in student government.
It wasn't until he started college at Cal State L.A. that he discovered his passion for the arts. Prior to pursuing a MFA degree at UCLA, Nagatani taught for the Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in ...
at Hamilton High School.
Later, he taught at Loyola Marymount University and at the University of New Mexico where he worked with such students as Myra GreeneBill Adams
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Carla Williams
As an artist, Nagatani's works have been exhibited internationally and have been featured in numerous publications and films. Nagatani died on October 27, 2017, at his home in Albuquerque.
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1945 births 2017 deaths Photographers from Los Angeles Photographers from Illinois Photographers from Chicago Educators from Chicago Social documentary photographers American portrait photographers 20th-century American photographers American artists of Japanese descent University of California, Los Angeles alumni Susan Miller Dorsey High School alumni {{US-photographer-stub