{"id":9014,"date":"2021-01-22T14:08:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/?p=9014"},"modified":"2021-01-22T14:08:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:08:06","slug":"miyoko-matsubara-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/22\/miyoko-matsubara-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Miyoko Matsubara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Matsubara5a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Matsubara5a-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Matsubara5a-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Matsubara5a-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <em>&#8220;Man developed nuclear weapons.<br>We have to question the human heart.<br>People can decide to abandon them.<br>I believe we can abolish nuclear weapons.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Miyoko Matsubara, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On\n January 22nd the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will be enacted \nas international law.&nbsp; I began photographing atomic bomb survivors \n(hibakusha) in 2008 and will continue to do so until the last voice goes\n silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2011 these portraits were published as a book, From \nAbove.&nbsp; Everyday I think about the survivors I met in Nagasaki and \nHiroshima.&nbsp; Most have passed but their memory lives on when the treaty \nbanning nuclear weapons arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Matsubara was 12 years old \nwhen the atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima. Her story details the hard \nlife during and after the war and the passion she derived from living \nthrough those years. The atomic bomb left her severely burned with \nkeloid scars covering most of the body. She experienced discrimination \nbecause of her appearance. In 1953 she was selected to be part of the \nHiroshima Maidens program which made it possible for her to have \ncorrective and cosmetic surgeries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Mrs. Matsubara dedicated\n her life to peace activism and helping other victims of war cope with \nthe aftermath. She raised her elder brother&#8217;s three young children when \nhe and his wife passed away.<br>My memories of the afternoon I spent \nwith Mrs. Matsubara will be that she was always affable. Her spirit \ninstantly brightened the room. She had suffered a stroke a couple of \nyears prior but made it a priority to practice speaking English in the \nmirror so she didn&#8217;t lose her motor skills. She spoke to me in perfect \nEnglish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That afternoon was my only time with Mrs. Matsubara. I \nstill remember all the details vividly because she left a permanent \nimpression. She always had this glow about her. I feel lucky to have the\n opportunity to call her my friend.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Man developed nuclear weapons.We have to question the human heart.People can decide to abandon them.I believe we can abolish nuclear weapons.&#8221; -Miyoko Matsubara, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor On January 22nd the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will be enacted as international law.&nbsp; I began photographing atomic bomb survivors (hibakusha) in 2008 and will continue to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,109,99],"tags":[576,676,570,690],"class_list":["post-9014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-above","category-hibakusha","category-hiroshima","tag-from-above","tag-hibakuhsa","tag-hiroshima","tag-miyoko-matsubara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9016,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9014\/revisions\/9016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}