Tin Hole Covers, (from the Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II)

Artist Joan Myers (American, born 1944)

Date1984 (printed 1988)

Mediumplatinum- palladium print

DimensionsImage: 8 × 6 1/4 in. (20.3 × 15.9 cm)
Support: 14 1/2 × 11 in. (36.8 × 27.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineGift of Joan Myers, 2017

Object number2017.5.14

DescriptionStill life composition with three vertical rows of flattened metal shapes: top row has wedge-shaped quarter circle at left and circle at right, both with puncture holes at edges; at center is a wide half circle with puncture holes at two ends; at bottom is a circle at left and most of a circle with it’s top missing at right, the latter with puncture holes.
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Throughout her series Whispered Silences, Myers uses the camera to convey the solemn, isolated landscapes of former Japanese internment camps, highlighting physical ruins and abandoned objects. Her photographs of utilitarian objects carry an emotional poignancy while simultaneously presenting the objects with an archeological importance. The isolation of the objects within the frame implores their careful observation. The details of each object speak to their history while also serving as testimony to the resiliency of human spirit.

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