Archive for February 2nd, 2011

Mr. Hisanobu Murozono

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

..February 2011.. ..Nagasaki..

Sad news, Mr. Hisanobu Murozono passed away earlier this week.

He is the 3rd atomic bomb Survivor (Hibakusha), who has passed away since I started photographing From Above. The 2nd Hibakusha this month to pass, 2 weeks after the passing of Ms. Yamashita.

I interviewed and photographed Mr. Murozuno during the first visit to Nagasaki in September 2009. His smile was unforgettable. He was bigger than most of Hibakusha who I photographed. I’ll always remember the great cowboy style tie (two thin black ropes around a ornament) he wore.

He will be missed.