..August 2013.. ..Tokyo..
Some photographs of the From Above exhibition at Gallery EF in Tokyo. A small selection of new portraits of hibakusha, atomic bomb survivors, from Hiroshima and Nagasaki are being exhibited for the rest of the summer. 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
..July 2013.. ..New York..
Signing prints for the opening of the From Above exhibitions at the Nagasaki Museum of Art and at the Mayors For Peace Conference in Hiroshima.
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..May 2013.. ..New York..
Clifton Truman Daniel, the eldest grandson of President Harry Truman, with atomic bomb survivor Shigeko Sasamori.
Mrs. Sasamori was 13 years old when the atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima. She was so badly burned that she was unrecognizable. During 1955, she was brought to NY for reconstructive plastic surgery with a group of 25 young girls known as the “Hiroshima Maidens.” Mrs. Sasamori now resides in the US and has dedicated her life to the abolition of nuclear weapons.
..December 2012.. ..New York to Hiroshima..
“I want to give more information to children,
to help them learn the reality of war and nuclear weapons.
I hope the next generation hates war.
I want them to learn the importance of peace.”
-Keiji Nakazawa, November 2010
The world has lost another important voice for peace. Today I received the sad news that Mr. Keiji Nakazawa passed away on December 19th at the age of 73. I photographed Mr. Nakazawa two years ago in Hiroshima for From Above. It was one of the last portraits taken before the book deadline.
Mr. Nakazawa was a world renowned magna artist most known for creating the Barefoot Gen series which chronicled the life of a boy who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath.
Mr. Nakazawa was in fragile condition when I photographed him. I was fortunate to have the opportunity because he had been in and out of the hospital. He seemed most proud that Barefoot Gen was translated into 10 different languages so audiences worldwide could learn about the dangers of nuclear weapons. More that 6.5 million copies of the series have been sold.
On August 6th 1945, Keiji Nakazawa, 6 years old, was walking to school when the atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima. He was 1.2km from the hypocenter. His father, sister and younger brother all perished during the bombing. Only his mother and two brothers, who were not at home, survived. His infant sister, born days after the bombing, also died soon after.
Mr. Nakazawa was one of those people who I will never forget photographing.
..December 2012.. ..New York..
My interview from earlier this year with talk show host John Batchelor was broadcast again on WABC Radio this weekend. It was the first US interview about FROM ABOVE, my limited edition 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 is only one edition of the book printed and there is a limited amount remaining.
