..January 2012.. ..Tokyo..
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Mrs. Hisayo Yamashita
Monday, January 30th, 2012Atomic bomb survivor Mrs. Setsuko Thurlow visiting schools in New York
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Atomic bomb survivors speaking to NY students
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
From Above
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Mrs. Yamashita at Gallery EF, Last Goodbye, November 2010
“With gratitude of life, I live my life as strong as I can.
And for the sake of people who were forced to end life at that moment,
it is my role to make the world go around.” –Mrs. Hisayo Yamashita
“I attend the memorial service every year on August 9th,
to apologize to the people I had to stand by and watch die.” –Mr. Hisanobu Murozono
Mrs. Chisa Tanimoto
“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.” –Mrs. Suzuko Numata
“Among humankind’s abilities, it is said imagination is the weakest and forgetfulness the strongest.” —Mr. Akihiro Takahashi
FROM ABOVE featured on the John Batchelor Show, WABC Radio
Sunday, October 30th, 2011My interview with talk show host John Batchelor was broadcast on WABC Radio this weekend. It was the first US interview about FROM ABOVE, my book featuring portraits and testimonials of atomic bomb survivors and firebombing survivors from Dresden and Tokyo.
The interview can now be heard on the web at this link:
http://podfuse-dl.andomedia.com/800185/podfuse-origin.andomedia.com/citadel_origin/pods/WABC/WABC-Batchelor/jbs_102911b.mp3
The book can be purchased in the US, Japan and Europe from this links:
http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=I1040
There will only be one edition of the book printed and we hope to have all copies sold by the end of the year.
Hibakusha, atomic bomb survivor Mrs. Kaz Sueishi
Saturday, October 29th, 2011..October 2010.. ..New York..
Atomic bomb survivor, Mrs. Kaz Sueishi speaking about her experience in Hiroshima to a student at Columbia University.
Mrs. Sueishi was born in the US during 1927. Her family returned to Hiroshima early in her life. She was 18 years old when the atomic bomb was detonated. Mrs Sueishi, a US citizen, returned to the US in the 1950’s where she has worked vigorously to promote peace education and raise public awareness on nuclear disarmament.
Hibakusha Mrs. Setsuko Thurlow speak about Fukushima
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011..October 2011.. ..New York..
Atomic bomb survivor Mrs. Setsuko Thurlow speaking about the tragedy in Fukushima, Japan and the future of nuclear energy.
Mrs. Thurlow survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing when she was 13 years old. She moved to Canada later in life and became a prominent voice to raise awareness of the dangers of nuclear weapons.
From Above photography exhibition at the Kyoto Peace Museum
Saturday, October 15th, 2011..October 2011.. ..Kyoto..
The most recent portraits of atomic bomb survivors from the on-going FROM ABOVE series exhibited at the Kyoto Peace Museum in Kyoto, Japan.
The book, FROM ABOVE, is still available. This is where you can purchase the book or please contact me through e-mail.
US: https://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/guest/cgi-bin/wshoseaohb.cgi?W-NIPS=Q-90425608&AREA=02&LANG=E
Japan: http://www.amazon.co.jp/ABOVE-%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E/dp/4904256085/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311731696&sr=8-1
Europe: http://www.c-fac.jp/online.html
From Above TV Interview on Nippon TV
Friday, September 30th, 2011..September 2011.. ..New York to Tokyo..
My recent Nippon tv interview about the book release of From Above and portraits of atomic bomb survivors.
http://www.news24.jp/articles/2011/09/21/10191096.html
From Above photo book available at Kinokuniya book store in New York
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011..August 2011.. ..New York..
FROM ABOVE, my photo book, featuring survivors of the atomic bombs; the Tokyo and Dresden fire bombings and the Bikini Incident, at Kinokuniya book store in New York. It is also available on-line through this link.
https://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/guest/cgi-bin/wshoseaohb.cgi?W-NIPS=Q-90425608&AREA=02&LANG=E
