{"id":1885,"date":"2010-04-02T00:16:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T04:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2010-04-03T01:51:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T05:51:07","slug":"mr-katsuji-yoshida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/02\/mr-katsuji-yoshida\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Katsuji Yoshida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>..April 2010..    ..Nagasaki..<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;It came so suddenly&#8230;we really didn&#8217;t feel pain&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\nMr. Katsuji Yoshida, about August 9th, 1945<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today atomic bomb Survivor Mr. Katsuji Yoshida passed away from lung cancer.  <\/p>\n<p>In September 2008, I had the honor of meeting and photographing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagopublicradio.org\/audio_library\/wv_ramay05.asp\">Yoshida-san<\/a> for my From Above exhibition.  Yoshida-san was very close to epicenter of the atomic bombing when it detonated over Nagasaki, probably 500m-1000m.  He was one of the only Survivors that close to the epicenter.  <\/p>\n<p>The impact of the blast threw him face first into a wet rice field.  Landing in the softness of the mud probably saved his life.  He was badly injured and spent many months in the hospital.  For 66 years, he would be in and out of the hospital dealing with injuries and illness caused by radiation exposure.  <\/p>\n<p>When I met him, he was very fragile but his spirit was still young and vibrant.  He couldn&#8217;t be photographed outdoors because the sun was to harsh for his skin.  As he walked through the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum people would stop and Bow.  He would speak to anyone who greeted him.  <\/p>\n<p>Yoshida-san dedicated his life to speaking about the horrors of the atomic bomb and the discrimination he overcame throughout his life being an Hibakusha.  He traveled around the world speaking to anyone.  <\/p>\n<p>It was an honor meeting and photographing him.  An experience I will never forget.  The world has lost an important Human Being.    <\/p>\n<p>I will post the journal entries of Yoshida-san over the next couple of days.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1aaa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1aaa.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1aaa\" width=\"550\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1aaa.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1aaa-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar gaJsHost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/ssl.\" : \"http:\/\/www.\");\ndocument.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + gaJsHost + \"google-analytics.com\/ga.js' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\ntry {\nvar pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(\"UA-12680478-1\");\npageTracker._trackPageview();\n} catch(err) {}<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>..April 2010.. ..Nagasaki.. &#8220;&#8230;It came so suddenly&#8230;we really didn&#8217;t feel pain&#8230;&#8221; Mr. Katsuji Yoshida, about August 9th, 1945 Earlier today atomic bomb Survivor Mr. Katsuji Yoshida passed away from lung cancer. In September 2008, I had the honor of meeting and photographing Yoshida-san for my From Above exhibition. 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