Posts Tagged ‘Hiroshima’
Mrs. Shigeko Sasamori
Saturday, August 3rd, 2013From Above
Friday, July 26th, 2013..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.
20130717234408 from Paule Saviano on Vimeo.
Clifton Truman Daniel and Shigeko Sasamori
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013..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.
Mr. Takashi Tanemori
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
Keiji Nakazawa, author of Barefoot Gen
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012..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.
FROM ABOVE featured on the John Batchelor Show- WABC Radio
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012..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.
Seeds from an Aogiri tree that survivied the atomic bomb in Hiroshima
Monday, August 20th, 2012
August 6th, 2012 New York to Hiroshima
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Hypocenter Hiroshima
Friday, August 3rd, 2012
Seeds from an Aogiri tree that survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima
Sunday, July 29th, 2012..June 2012.. ..New York to Hiroshima..
I’m planting seeds in New York that came from an Aogiri tree that survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
