Archive for July, 2011
Fragile
Sunday, July 31st, 2011Fragile
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
The Kingdom of Gamo
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
British Sea Power
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
From Above Photo Exhibition in Hiroshima
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
These are the posters for the upcoming From Above photo exhibition in Hiroshima from August 3rd-31st.
This will be the 5th exhibition of the on-going portrait series about Hibakusha, atomic bomb survivors. This series in Hiroshima has not been shown before.
The book, From Above, will be released in Japan next week and is available at the venue. It will also be released in the US and Europe shortly after. I’m hoping it will be delivered to the stores in the US by the first week of August. More information will be posted next week on where it’s available on-line and in stores.
The exhibition will move to the Kyoto Peace Museum during September. The prints shown in Kyoto will be different than in Hiroshima. I will post information about the Kyoto exhibition in a couple of weeks.
Bonnie Dunne
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Fragile
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Fragile
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Mrs. Suzuko Numata
Thursday, July 14th, 2011..July 2011.. ..Hiroshima..
I received the sad news Mrs. Suzuko Numata passed away on July 12th, 2011, at age of 87.
She was an atomic bomb survivor, an Hibakuska, I photographed during November 2010. I spent many hours with her at the elderly home listening to her story. She was one of the kindest people I’ve ever stumbled upon.
There is a famous photo of her taken soon after the atomic bombing showing her amputated leg. But, I hope the portrait I took of her months before her passing demonstrate how warm and caring a person she was.
She passed away three weeks before the release of From Above, the book that will include her portrait. I’m sorry she will not be here to see her portrait. I consider myself lucky to be able to share her stories through the portrait and words in the book.
Mrs. Numata is the 5th person to pass away since I began photographing the project 3 years ago.
