In the 1920s, Japanese photographers working in Los Angeles drove the creation of a new art form, Modernism. You’ve never seen their work. How come?

In their time, their work was exhibited and celebrated worldwide While many of their white American collaborators went on to become icons of the art form, the Japanese Americans had their art, identities and legacy stolen and buried with the enaction of the infamous Executive Order #9066. This series will explore the life and art of one of these pioneers, told by his family and the curators who are working to re-establish this photography in its rightful place as seminal works of 20th-century Art.