Through an Artist’s Eyes 2a

Henry Sugimoto, Untitled (Self Portrait in Camp), 1943, oil on canvas, Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa (92.97.5)

This object is part of the story , which is about Dignity.

Dignity, Jerome, Through an Artist's Eyes

Look closely at this image.

  • What do you observe?
  • What is depicted?

Consider clothing, background, mood, composition, and color.

  • Who might this person be?
  • What makes you say that?
  • What is the setting for this image?
  • What makes you say that?
  • What does the writing in the lower left corner say?