This condition was eventually lifted, and eight months after arriving at the camp, Miyatake was issued an ID card as the official concentration camp photographer, allowing him to take pictures at will, and sent for his photographic equipment from his (closed) studio in Los Angeles. He set up a studio at the camp as part of the internee-run Manzanar Consumer Cooperative.
After eight months at the camp, Miyatake received an ID card allowing him to photograph freely. His photography equipment was shipped from his closed studio in Los Angeles and he set up a studio within the Manzanar Consumer Cooperative.