Posts Tagged ‘Hiroshima’

Mrs. Reiko Yamada

Sunday, May 11th, 2014

..May 2013.. ..New York..

Mrs. Reiko Yamada, an atomic bomb survivor from Hiroshima, viewing a UN exhibition about amputees caused by landmines around the world.

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Shigeko Sasamori

Saturday, May 10th, 2014

..May 2014.. ..New York..

Atomic bomb survivor and Hiroshima Maiden Shigeko Sasamori poses with a New York City high school student who sketched a portrait of her.

Shigeko survived was 13 years old when the atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima. She was so severely burned that she was unrecognizable. During 1955 she was brought to New York along with 25 other young girls for reconstructive surgery.

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From Above photo exhibition at the United Nations

Friday, May 2nd, 2014

..May 20014.. ..New York..

Some of my From Above portraits of hibakusha, atomic bomb survivors, were exhibited at the United Nations this week to coincide with the NPT Conference.

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From Above Photography Exhibition at the United Nations from Paule Saviano on Vimeo.

Mrs. Hisayo Yamashita

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

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From Above

Tuesday, December 31st, 2013

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Christmas in Hiroshima

Tuesday, December 24th, 2013

Christmas in Hiroshima.

The most memorable people I’ll ever meet. I can’t thank them enough.

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from Paule Saviano on Vimeo.

Mrs. Reiko Yamada and Mrs. Shigeko Sasamori

Wednesday, November 27th, 2013

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From Above

Monday, October 28th, 2013

..October 2013..

A nice piece written about From Above in Severin’s blog “Hi”.

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Mrs. Setsuko Thurlow

Friday, October 25th, 2013

..October 2013.. ..New York..

New York City students hold up a banner listing the names of all the former students at the Hiroshima Girls School who died during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945.

Atomic bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow, a former student at the Hiroshima Girls School, brought the banner as a part of a school visit where she provided testimony of her experience.

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From Above at Gallery EF

Monday, September 2nd, 2013

..August 2013.. ..Tokyo..

Hibakusha, atomic bomb survivors, Mrs. Reiko Yamada and Mrs. Shigeko Sasamori in front of the portrait of Mrs. Yamada and Mrs. Miller.

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A small selection of new portraits of hibakusha, atomic bomb survivors, from Hiroshima and Nagasaki are being exhibited for the rest of the summer at Gallery EF in Tokyo. Copies of my book are also on display for everyone to look at.

This is the link to the event at Gallery EF.
http://www.gallery-ef.com/fa_library13.html