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August 11th, 2010
Mr. Takahara Itaru
August 10th, 2010..July 2010.. ..Nagasaki..
Mr. Takahara Itaru is a Nagasaki Hibakusha. He survived the fire bombing of Tokyo on March 10th, 1945. He returned home to Nagasaki and witnessed the atomic bomb being dropped on August 9th, 1945.
Takahara-san is a very well know photojournalist in Japan. During the years after the atomic bomb, he documented what was lost in the city. He just published a book Nagasaki Urakami Cathedral, 1945-1958: An Atomic Bomb Relic Lost. His photos document the remains of the Urakami Cathedral after the atomic bomb destroyed the largest church in East Asia.
His photos span the 13 years after the atomic bomb, showing how the Christians continued to worship and tried to maintain some of the damaged relics. The closing photos show members of the parish clearing away the strong stoic remains of the heavily destroyed cathedral. To make way for the new cathedral.
I was very lucky to photograph Takahara-san at my exhibition in the Nagasaki Peace Museum.
Portrait of Takahara Itaru from paul saviano on Vimeo.
Ms. Setsuko Taira-san
August 9th, 2010..July 2010.. ..Nagasaki..
Portrait of Nagasaki Hibakusha Ms. Setsuko Taira-san.
Ms. Taira-san was a nurse for Dr. Nagai, who became famous for tirelessly treating many atomic bomb victims immediately after the bomb was dropped.
Ms. Setsuko Taira from paul saviano on Vimeo.
New York Commemoration for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Victims
August 6th, 2010..August 2010.. ..New York to Hiroshima..
..New York to Hiroshima to Nagasaki..Shots from the commemoration ceremony held in New York for the victims who died in the atomic bombings.
A small bell is rung simultaneously as in Hiroshima at the time when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Statue from Hiroshima
August 5th, 2010..August 2010.. ..New York..
Portrait of the bronze Shinran Shonin statue that survived the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, now located in New York.
Asahi shimbun article
August 4th, 2010..August.. ..Nagasaki..
A copy of the August 3rd article appearing in the Asahi shimbun written by Ai Fujita. On page 2 in the “hito” section.
From Above at the Nagasaki Peace Museum
August 3rd, 2010..July 2010 Nagasaki..
A still and video of the exhibition at the Nagasaki Peace Museum. The exhibition closed last week.
Nagasaki was a very welcoming home for the exhibition. Hope I can exhibit in Nagasaki again soon.
From Above photography exhibition by Paule Saviano at the Nagasaki Peace Museum from paul saviano on Vimeo.
From Above photography exhibition by Paule Saviano at the Nagasaki Peace Museum from paul saviano on Vimeo.
Nagasaki Morning
August 1st, 2010
Fragile
July 31st, 2010..April 2006 New York..
My 7 pound eye lids open slowly in the morning. I’m sleeping in someone else’s bed, gripping a borrowed steering wheel, using laundry detergent that’s not mine, eating food that doesn’t belong to me. I’m a stranger in my own clothes.
