Our Kickstarter video from 2018

My name is Shane Sato, a photographer for the past 30 years based in Los Angeles. I’ve been shooting portraits of Japanese American WWII Nisei veterans since 1999, creating the coffee table book set, The Go For Broke Spirit.

Around 2007, I decided to use uniforms to help the public “see into the past.” There was a dramatic change in the response. Now people could equate these men, in the twilight of their lives, to the vets who fought in WWII.

Having photographed around 200 portraits since 1999, I worked with Robert Horsting an oral historian, to create the coffee table book series, The Go For Broke Spirit.

By combining these portraits with personal photos and a short story of moments in each veteran's life, we're providing a "Then and Now" experience. This project is intended to be photo driven rather than a history book.

SHANE@SHANESATO.COM