
Gokurosama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai'i

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Tom Nekota
"Finding a Nisei surfer was harder than I thought it would be. I located Mr. Nekota thanks to China Uyemura who pointed out the Nisei while he was out surfing at Waikiki Beach. I approached Mr. Nekota—a former educator and politician—as he came out of the ocean and shot this classic pose."
Based on this original
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