Toyo Miyatake Infinite Shades of Gray (2002)

Called an elegant documentary by Sundance and eloquent and deeply moving by the LA Times Toyo Miyatake Infinite Shades of Gray is a penetrating portrait of this photographers search for truth and beauty in a world of impermanence Los Angeles Little Tokyos foremost studio photographer Miyatake smuggled a lens and film holder into the US WWII camp he was incarcerated in and captured life behind barbed wire with a makeshift camera made of scrap wood Yet it was his littleknown artistic pursuits before the war that honed his discerning eye