..August 2011.. ..Hiroshima..
Setting up installation for FROM ABOVE photography exhibition in Hiroshima.
Posts Tagged ‘From Above’
Installation of From Above photography exhibtion in Hiroshima
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011Commericial for From Above photography exhibition in Hiroshima
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011..July 2010.. ..Hiroshima..
A commercial for the From Above photography exhibition in Hiroshima, Japan.
The book, From Above, will be available at the venue. It will be officially released in Japan next week and throughout the US and Europe soon after. I’ll be sending out information on the book release as soon the book is available in the stores and on-line.
From Above
Photography Exhibition in Hiroshima
By Paule Saviano
Venue
Cafe Cheers
2F, 3-12-3 Yokogawa-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima-city
(3 minutes walk from JR Yokogawa station)
TEL 082-295-5799
http://www.cusi.ne.jp/cheers/
August 3rd – 31st 2011
Open: 11:00-18:00
closed on Tuesdays & 15-18 August
entrance free
Related events:
“STORIES FROM ABOVE”
FRI. 5 August
OPEN 19:00 START 19:30
admission: Adv. 2,500 Yen/ Door 3.000 Yen with 1 drink
Koto (Shunobue flute), Shoko Fujii (reading)
From Above in Tokyo book stores
Monday, August 1st, 2011..July 2011.. ..Tokyo..
FROM ABOVE at Kinokinuya book store during the first weekend of it’s release in Tokyo. A great compliment to be placed on the same shelf as Robert Frank’s The Americans (top).
FROM ABOVE is now available at Kinokinuya stores and on-line throughout Japan or directly from the publisher Contents Factory.
It will be available in the US and Europe shortly (hopefully within the next 7-10 days in the US) at Kinokinuya stores (retail and on-line) and through Amazon.com.
From Above Photography Exhibition in Hiroshima
Friday, July 29th, 2011..July 2010.. ..Hiroshima..
A commercial for the From Above photography exhibition in Hiroshima, Japan.
The book, From Above, will be available at the venue. It will be officially released in Japan next week and throughout the US and Europe soon after. I’ll be sending out information on the book release as soon the book is available in the stores and on-line.
From Above
Photography Exhibition in Hiroshima
By Paule Saviano
Venue
Cafe Cheers
2F, 3-12-3 Yokogawa-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima-city
(3 minutes walk from JR Yokogawa station)
TEL 082-295-5799
http://www.cusi.ne.jp/cheers/
August 3rd – 31st 2011
Open: 11:00-18:00
closed on Tuesdays & 15-18 August
entrance free
Related events:
“STORIES FROM ABOVE”
FRI. 5 August
OPEN 19:00 START 19:30
admission: Adv. 2,500 Yen/ Door 3.000 Yen with 1 drink
Koto (Shunobue flute), Shoko Fujii (reading)
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.
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.
From Above book release
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011..July 2010.. ..Tokyo..
Donnie working on the layout for From Above.
From Above, a portrait book about atomic bomb survivors and fire bombing survivors from Tokyo and Dresden, will be released in 3 weeks. More information on where you can purchase it in stores and on the web will announced next week.
Mrs. Chisa Tanimoto
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011Today I received the sad news that Mrs. Chisa Tanimoto passed away on May 4th, 2011 at the age of 95. I photographed Mrs. Tanimoto in Hiroshima during November 2010. She is the third hibakusha, atomic bomb survivor, I’ve photographed to have passed away in the last 4 months and fourth to have passed since the start of the project.
We were introduced by her daughter Koko Tanimoto-Kondo. They are the first parent and child hibakusha I have photographed.
I didn’t spend much time with Mrs. Tanimoto because of her fragile health. But those few moments we spent together were memorable.
Mrs. Tanimoto was the wife of the well-known minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto, famous for his work with the Hiroshima Maidens and support for war orphans. Mrs. Tanimoto life was also equally as devoted to seeking peace. The family has worked constantly helping provide homes for war orphans and relief to hibakusha.
It was an honor to have met Mrs. Chisa Tanimoto.
Her portrait will be a part of the upcoming book, From Above, released on July 27th by publisher Contents Factory. Her portrait will also be shown in the upcoming exhibition at the Kyoto Peace Museum during September 2011.
March 10th, 1945 Tokyo fire bombings
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Hibakusha, atomic bomb Survivor, Mr. Masatoshi Tsunenari and Tokyo fire bombing Survivor Ms. Haruyo Nihei
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
..June 2010..
Hibakusha, atomic bomb Survivor, Mr. Masatoshi Tsunenari and Tokyo fire bombing Survivor Ms. Haruyo Nihei a block away from the epicenter where the atomic bomb was detonated in Nagasaki.
Ms. Haruyo Nihei, a Tokyo fire bombing Survivor I photographed for the original From Above series, accompanied the exhibition when it was shown at the Nagasaki Peace Museum during June/July 2010. She wanted to tell her story of surviving the 3/10 fire bombing of Tokyo to an atomic bomb Survivor.
Hibakusha Mr. Tsunenari agreed meet Ms. Nihei in Nagasaki. It was an amazing moment to see them listen and exchange stories. Tragic moments in time that changed their lives instantly.
It was the highlight of my trip to Nagasaki. I was proud the exhibition was shown at the Nagasaki Peace Museum. But to see the feelings of Ms. Nihei, it’s what I want From Above to be about. A project that eclipses my photos and allows others to reach out to one another. Seeing Mr. Tsunenari listen to and accept Ms. Nihei’s story of the 3/10 Tokyo fire bombings was moving. I believe it was a great feeling of relief to Ms. Nihei to be able to share her story.
Many of the 3/10 Survivors don’t get the recognition as others. The event is swept away as a side note in the history books and society. On March 10, 1945 more people died in Tokyo, during one night, than in both atomic bombings combined.
