In 2006, I was invited to photograph the Day of Remembrance event in San Jose, CA. This event commemorates the date in 1942 when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which required all persons of Japanese descent living along the west coast of the US to leave their homes and move to concentration camps for the duration of the war. While photographing this event, I learned more about the internment, and I met many people who had been incarcerated during the war. I had recently seen Richard Avedon's brilliant portrait project In the American West. I immediately decided that I wanted to photograph these people who had been forced to play a role in the internment, and were now living productive lives in my local community. I am primarily known as a night photographer. My night photography of abandoned buildings and empty landscapes has appeared in numerous galleries and photography shows. While night photography focuses on the abandoned, forgotten, lonely inanimate objects, this portrait project lets me connect with real people with important stories to tell. They are not only personal stories, but they are important to the history of this country and the remaining world. If you know of anyone who would like to participate in this project, please contact me at andyfrazer [at] gorillasites [dot] com. I hate talking about cameras, lenses and f-stops. But if you really want to know about my equipment, please read here.