Archive for the ‘From Above’ Category

Hamako Sasaki

Thursday, August 9th, 2018

“I was nineteen. After breakfast I sat down at the balcony and I was knitting while babysitting 4 children from the neighborhood.
Then I felt this bright bright flash as if the sun fell down from the sky.

Following that was a loud roar that I had never heard before. ”

-Hamako Sasaki, Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor

私は19歳でした。朝は普通に起きて朝食を食べてから家のお縁に座って編み物をしていました。

私は近所に住んでいた子どもさん4人を預かっていました。子ども達がそばで遊んでいる時に

パチャーーーッといってピカーッと光を感じました。私は目の前にお日様が落ちてきたのかと思いました。

続いていつもと違う爆音がしました。物凄い音でした。普通の空襲や焼夷弾なんかとは全く違う感覚でした。

佐々木 浜子

This portrait is a part of my From Above project which featured portraits of atomic bomb and firebombing survivors from WWII. My limited edition book is available at http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=I1040&i&i2

Sumiteru Taniguchi, Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

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Setsuo Uchino

Tuesday, August 7th, 2018

..December 2016.. ..Nagasaki..

“My mother carried me and my younger sister on her back while she held the hand of my three-year-old brother, while we tried to escape up the mountain. However, there were corpses everywhere. Some of the eyes were popped out from the bodies, some parent’s and child were holding each other and burnt black and dead. It was just inferno. Some were without heads.”

-Setsuo Uchino, Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor

Rumi Hanagaki

Friday, August 3rd, 2018

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Suzuko Numata

Wednesday, August 1st, 2018

..November 2010.. ..Hiroshima..

“I did not even think I had been saved.
I was filled with hate for a long time.
But now, I devote my life to telling others my story.
It is my responsibility to teach younger generations
about the dignity of life and the importance of peace.”

-Suzuko Numata, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor

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Dresden

Friday, July 20th, 2018

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Friday, July 13th, 2018

Yasuaki Yamashita

Sunday, July 8th, 2018

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Fragile

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018

Toshifumi Ohashi

Sunday, July 1st, 2018

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