[Photograph] Yasuo Kuniyoshi immigrated to the United States when he was 17 and eventually enrolled in art classes in Los Angeles. He became a successful artist, realizing his ambition "to combine the rich traditions of the East with [his] accumulative experiences and viewpoint of the West."

Max Yavno was committed to using documentary photography to effect social change. He rarely made portraits of people, but this photograph was a fortunate exception in his career.

Courtesy of the Archives of American Art

Photograph of Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953), by Max Yavno (1911-85), silver gelatin black-and-white glossy print

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