{"id":8641,"date":"2019-05-18T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/?p=8641"},"modified":"2019-05-18T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T15:40:35","slug":"kazu-sueishi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/18\/kazu-sueishi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazu Sueishi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>..May 2019..      ..Hiroshima..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week I received the sad news that atomic bomb survivor  Mrs. Kazu Sueishi passed away almost two years ago.\u00a0 I had photographed  her in 2010 when she visited New York City high school and university  students.\u00a0 My time with Mrs. Sueishi was short but her message of peace  was everlasting. \u00a0 <br><br>Mrs. Sueishi&#8217;s father was from  Hiroshima Prefecture and became a merchant in California.\u00a0\u00a0 Kazu was  born in the Pasadena but her family moved back to Japan in the 1920&#8217;s  when she was still young.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the atomic\n bomb exploded over Hiroshima Kazu was eighteen years old. The family \nlived a little over a mile away from the hypocenter.&nbsp; She suffered \npermanent injuries when pieces of wood flew into and stuck in leg.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nTwelve years after the bombing Kazu traveled to the United States and married a second-generation \nJapanese-American.&nbsp; She lived the last 50 years of her life mostly in Los Angeles.&nbsp; \nShe had to travel to back to Hiroshima whenever her health worsened \nbecause she was denied medical coverage in the United States until she \nqualified for public health insurance at the age of 65. &nbsp; \n\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8643\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8643\" class=\"wp-image-8643\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-1.jpg 550w, http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8644\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8644\" class=\"wp-image-8644\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3.jpg 550w, http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>..May 2019.. ..Hiroshima.. Earlier this week I received the sad news that atomic bomb survivor Mrs. Kazu Sueishi passed away almost two years ago.\u00a0 I had photographed her in 2010 when she visited New York City high school and university students.\u00a0 My time with Mrs. Sueishi was short but her message of peace was everlasting. 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