Paul Yamada
@pyPaul Yamada, escritor independiente desde hace 35 años, se especializa en música, artes y literatura. Paul se considera a sí mismo 'hapa' con raíces familiares tanto en el Medio Oeste como en California. Habiendo enseñado y dado conferencias sobre filosofía, y también sobre historia del arte, la música y la cultura estadounidenses, su objetivo es celebrar a los artistas, músicos y escritores asiático-americanos. Paul está muy interesado en realizar entrevistas con artistas asiático-americanos. Si desea ser entrevistado, envíe un correo electrónico a Chicago@jacl.org.
Actualizado en noviembre de 2009
Historias de Este Autor
Ray Yoshida
13 de junio de 2013 • Paul Yamada
It is quite difficult for the viewer of Ray Yoshida’s wide ranging and yet interconnected work not to wonder if his paintings and collages are sending messages in code, through and with the myriad images he has chosen and depicted. Many of his works provoke a “what is this saying” response, as if they are experiments in image language and semantics. Their muted and striking color choices and schemes create a beguiling sense of familiarity, dissonance, and discord. Many times …
When There Was No "Hapa"
29 de abril de 2010 • Paul Yamada
Throughout most of my life I’ve been THE Asian in the room, so to speak. My first grade school had African American kids, but no other Asians that I can recall. At my second grade school, which was very small (less than 125 kids) and mostly Jewish, I was the (only) minority of color. I might add that several of the working class Jewish kids from this school took it upon themselves to beat me up every day for at …
My Parents -- An Introduction
31 de marzo de 2010 • Paul Yamada
We asked writer Paul Yamada about his background and what it was like for him growing up Hapa. He noted that unlike most early Hapa families, it was his father that was Japanese American—not his mother. This article presents his parents’ backgrounds as an introduction of where he came from and will be followed with more in the future in which he describes himself and his experiences being of mixed race. My mother was born Marjorie Ann Lehmann in August, …
Profile: Yasuo Kuniyoshi
5 de enero de 2010 • Paul Yamada
While there are Asian American artists who have received notable acclaim and recognition, very few have been the subject of a photo portrait, and perhaps only Yasuo Kuniyoshi has been the subject of a photographer as well known as Arnold Newman. The portrait, from 1941, reveals a dapper, equanimous looking man, seated on a divan. It is not a jarring image, but one that centers Kuniyoshi in a very American looking environment. Nonetheless, Kuniyoshi, who came to Seattle in 1906 …
Pictures Worth a 1000 Words
1 de diciembre de 2009 • Paul Yamada
The “street photography” of Yasuhiro Ishimoto, all shot in Chicago, is nothing short of spectacular. Though this is only one phase of his work, it may be what he is best remembered for, at least in this country. Alas, he may not be remembered at all. Mr. Ishimoto was born in California, June 14, 1921, but returned to Japan for schooling with family in 1924. He returned as a teenager after graduating from an agricultural high school and attended Northwestern …
