“When I sit to write my recollections of that time, I have to brace myself to confront my memories of Hiroshima. It is exceedingly painful to do this because I become overwhelmed by my memories of grotesque and massive destruction and death.”
-Setsuko Thurlow, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor
On
January 22nd the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will be enacted
as international law. I began photographing Mrs. Thurlow in 2011. From
the moment we met her determination to fight for the abolition of
nuclear weapons was evident. She was 13 years old when the atomic bomb
destroyed Hiroshima. Mrs. Thurlow was a prominent advocate of the
treaty that will ban nuclear weapons. She has waited almost all her
life for this moment.
Everyday I think about the survivors I met
in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Most have passed but their memory lives on
when the treaty banning nuclear weapons arrives.
The Bowery was a Skid Row area mixed with posh fashion boutiques and art museums. Then the COVID-19 pandemic brought New York City to its knees. Nine months later it feels like a forgotten Purgatory in the armpit of the city.
A portion of Embrace is being exhibited at the FotoForum Dresden, Forum für Zeitgenössische Fotografie Dresden e.V..
Embrace explores the lives of transgender and gender non-binary kids, teens, adults and elderly from different parts of the world.
Thank you to all the staff for making this exhibition possible during these difficult times. I’m proud to have the opportunity to exhibit at FotoForum Dresden.
The exhibitions are open November 11th-December 18th.
Embrace explores the lives of transgender and gender non-binary kids, teens, adults and elderly from different parts of the world. It will be exhibited from September 2nd-October 25th.
Embrace explores the lives of transgender and gender non-binary kids, teens, adults and elderly from different parts of the world. It will be exhibited from September 2nd-October 25th.
Embrace explores the lives of transgender and gender non-binary kids, teens, adults and elderly from different parts of the world. It will be exhibited from September 2nd-October 25th.
Embrace explores the lives of transgender and gender non-binary kids, teens, adults and elderly from different parts of the world. It will be exhibited from September 2nd-October 25th.
