..February 2012.. ..Tokyo..
A story written by Colin Buchan Liddell for Metropolis Magazine about From Above being released as a book.
http://metropolis.co.jp/features/feature/the-unforgettable-fire/
From Above features my portraits of atomic bomb survivors and fire bombing survivors from Tokyo and Dresden.
The book is available in Japan through Kinokuniya book store and Amazon.com.jp. In the US and Europe, it’s available by contacting me directly and soon through PhotoEye.com.
..February 2012.. ..Dresden..
The top photo in each series are the ruins of Trinitatiskirsche and bottom photo are the ruins Coventry Cathedral.
Trinitatiskirsche was destroyed on February 13th, 1945 when Dresden endured 3 continuous waves of Allied bombing that lasted until the next day. Only the crater lined outer walls still stand today.
The Coventry Cathedral was destroyed during the Coventry Blitz on November 14,1940 by the German Luftwaffe. Only the tower, spire, outer wall and bronze effigy of its first bishop, Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs, survived.
Both destroyed structures serve as reminders of the indiscriminate scars of war. Coventry and Dresden shared similar fates during WWII. The cities were pulverized with bombs leaving only memories of what the famous cities once were.
The structure of the Trinitatiskirsche was used as a community center during the GDR. The ruins of the Coventry Cathedral is now used as memorial while it neighbors the new cathedral.
For those who experienced the bombings, these surviving structures are not only reminders of what once stood respectively in Dresden and Coventry but also lost memories of their childhoods and experiences with their families that were taken away by war.
