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Where I realized how to love people..by myself..by the river 6PM 1 block from epicenter

..September 2008 1 block from epicenter, Nagasaki..

..Where I realized how to love people..By myself..by the river 6PM sunset 1 block from epicenter..
..Where I realized why I traveled across the world to meet these people..Where I found emotion in Nagasaki..

..The first time I saw the reflection in the small stream running next to the epicenter, this was when the devastation hit me. It’s one of the most moving photos I took. Peaceful but remorseful.

..I first saw the reflection of the archway in the shallow water. As August 9th, 1945 grew older the pile of bodies multiplied in the canal. Eventually making a dam of corpses which stopped the running water. The corpses piled almost to the top of the 20 foot archway.

Along with the reflection of the archway, I can see the reflection of innocent that didn’t need to die. Why did this happen? It didn’t need to. This image has more of an effect on me than the epicenter. How can a scene so peaceful be a grave 64 years ago?

..Where I realized what happened. Where I realized war is fucking shit..that kills the innocent..

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One Response to “Where I realized how to love people..by myself..by the river 6PM 1 block from epicenter”

  1. Will says:
    August 21, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    A very powerful image, one of my favourites and one that always mkes me think everytime I look at it next to my computer.

    Will