Hiroshima
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“War is old men talking and young men dying” Odysseus, Troy [the movie] Even if you didn’t like the movie; that’s a quote worth remembering. The t-shirt you see here has taken that quote; mixed it up with Danny’s theme to get: 1. A mushroom cloud of the nuclear variety. 2. The Pentagon, where the old men talk. 3. An F-117 Stealth Bomber, always out of range. These all combine to make a skull [which I told Lucan I’d never use on a t-shirt … but now I have … sort of]. If you think it doesn’t need the text, comment or send me a bubblemail, I have a version waiting in the wings without it.
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pen on paper, digital print
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After a day of sight seeing in Hiroshima and Miyajima Island, a Bullet Train back to the hotel in Kyoto is bitter sweet.
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August 6th, 2003 / On the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima (August 6th), they hold a ceremony in which lanterns are sent floating along the Motoyasu-gawa River, in front of the A-bomb Dome. The lanterns used to float out to ocean. Nowadays they are caught down river for environmental reasons. This is done in remembrance of those whose lives were lost and in hopes that all nuclear weapons will be destroyed. I arrived in Hiroshima a bit late on the 6th so unfortunately I missed of the action around the Peace Park but there had been speeches and demonstrations. The floating of the lanterns lasted for 3 hours. / It was a somber evening and a beautiful expression in the struggle for the worldwide disarmament of nuclear weapons, if not world peace and a clear reminder of what the opposite can lead to.
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August 6th, 2003 / On the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima (August 6th), they hold a ceremony in which lanterns are sent floating along the Motoyasu-gawa River, in front of the A-bomb Dome. The lanterns used to float out to ocean. Nowadays they are caught down river for environmental reasons. This is done in remembrance of those whose lives were lost and in hopes that all nuclear weapons will be destroyed. I arrived in Hiroshima a bit late on the 6th so unfortunately I missed of the action around the Peace Park but there had been speeches and demonstrations. The floating of the lanterns lasted for 3 hours. / It was a somber evening and a beautiful expression in the struggle for the worldwide disarmament of nuclear weapons, if not world peace and a clear reminder of what the opposite can lead to.
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Every year before the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima schools make it a project to fold a thousand origami cranes to be placed near the children’s memorial. With each participating school sending a thousand cranes there are quite a lot of them on display. / It is a Japanese custom that if a person folds a thousand cranes they are granted a wish, of course in this case the wish is for world peace and a worldwide disarmament of nuclear weapons.
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The floating Tori (Gate) for the Miyajima Shrine, near Hiroshima, Japan. Nikon D80 / Little Post-Processing in Photshop (reduce summer haze)
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The Pagoda in Miyajima (near Hiroshima) I love te balance between the temple in the foreground and the pagoda in the background underneath the perfectly blue sky. I think it really tells a tale about this area, and period of Japan. Recently featured in the “Amazing Asia” group – thank you! Nikon D80 / Little Post-Processing in Photshop (adjusted colours a little)
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Part of the ‘Miyajima Fireworks Festival’, held every year when about 300,000 visitos come to the small island to watch the fireowrks as they are released, giving a fantastic view of the Floating Tori (gate) Nikon D80 / No Post-Processing
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Companion piece, of sorts, to this.
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Miyajima, half an hour or so away from Hiroshima, is considered the third most scenic spot in Japan, mostly because of the Itsukushima-jinja shrine complex on the island. But step back and walk further inland, and you discover the lush green forest that covers the island.
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Atomic Dome at the Peace Park in Hiroshima. One of my first attempts at a HDR shot.
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Another shot of the atomic dome in Hiroshima. It’s another HDR, was just playing around in photoshop to see what kind of effects i could get to reflect the history/mood of the building.
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Taken on a rainy night in Hiroshima. See more images from Japan at: www.lauren-hewitt.com © 2007 Lauren Hewitt
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Hiroshima, Japan
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Hiroshima, Japan
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During WWII most bomber pilots had some kind of PinUp Vargas type artwork on the nose of their planes, and a lot of them named their planes too, this plane was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Paul Tibbets, many of the pilots during WWII were stationed a long way from home, and the bond between mother and son is a very strong one, so it was no surprise that he should name the plane after her, after all mothers are the nurturing creatures that teach us all about love, tenderness and care, there is nothing in the world like the feeling of being wrapped safely in the arms of your mother so why name the plane that wiped out an entire city with an atomic bomb with such sentimentality ? this is not a political stement, a humanitarian one maybe ! BTW the artwork is not original to the plane, I am to blame for that :-) I remember watching the movie, Enola Gay – The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980) Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss Musical accompaniament Featured in Transport / thanks to the host Jerame
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Hiroshima is a place of serenity and of poigniance. / This statue is to commemorate the children of this area of Japan / who were there at 8.15 on August 6th 1945. / It is called the Statue of the A-Bomb Children.
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Dropped on Aug. 6, 1945, Hiroshima, Japan. The Hiroshima bomb, known as “Little Boy” – a reference to former President Roosevelt, contained the equivalent of between 12 and 15,000 tons of TNT and devastated an area of five square miles (13 square kilometres). More than 60% of the buildings in the city were destroyed. / Official Japanese figures at the time put the death toll at 118,661 civilians. But later estimates suggest the final toll was about 140,000, of Hiroshima’s 350,000 population, including military personnel and those who died later from radiation. Many have also suffered long-term sickness and disability. Three days later, the United States launched a second, bigger atomic bomb against the city of Nagasaki. The device known as “Fat man”, after Winston Churchill, weighed nearly 4,050 kg (nearly 9,000lb). Nagasaki is surrounded by mountains and because of this the level of destruction was confined to about 2.6 square miles or 6.7 square kilometres. Nearly 74,000 were killed and a similar number injured. Remember which nation is the only one in history to ever use such evil weaponry. I know there is an ‘argument’ that it put an end to WW2, but at the cost of a lot of innocent people (including women, children and old dudes). I am in no way anti-USA but I find it hard to understand why the USA feel they can now tell which nation can, and which nation cannot, have nuclear weapons…? Lets ALL get rid of them and share a safer and less paranoid world. Detail /
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UNESCO World Heritage Site / One of three buildings to be left standing after August 6th 1945. / The A Bomb hit this building and many others in a 1.5 mile radius. / As a result every building in the radius collapsed – all bar three. / This building is iconci due to the structure of the roof. It is a symbol of / the devastation caused by the bomb – lest we forget. / More important than the buildings were the 140,000 people who were / killed in seconds after the bomb hit the ground. An atrocity – completely / and utterly.
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Trails of light that last for the tiniest fraction of time and receive only the faintest of attention in the enormous sensory world of Japan at night. They fade as quickly as they erupted, and are replaced over and over again by a scene saturated in neon
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Can you see the image of one of the President’s mentioned in the poem? hint – look in the upper right hand corner to find the profile of “a bearded man in the stovepipe hat” (without the hat). I guess our work has his approval. / scroll to the bottom of the description to see where to look. Featured in / Love Is / Country Bumpkin This is a collaboration with VampyreAce. The poem A Tribute to 9/11 is his work – the cloud background is our image. When you leave comments for us, please be sure to stop by his site to let him know your reactions and feelings, too. Thank you. Many Thanks to VampyreAce for allowing us to use his amazing poem. A Tribute to 9/11 Two thousand one, nine eleven / Five thousand plus arrive in heaven. / As they pass through the gate, / Thousands more appear in wait. / A bearded man with stovepipe hat / Steps forward saying, “Lets sit, lets chat.” They settle down in seats of clouds, / A man named Martin shouts out proud, / “I have a dream!” and once he did / The Newcomer said, “Your dream still lives.” Groups of soldiers in blue and gray / Others in khaki, and green then say / “We’re from Bull Run, Yorktown, the Maine” / The Newcomer said, “You died not in vain.” From a man on sticks one could hear / “The only thing we have to fear. / The Newcomer said, “We know the rest, / trust us sir, we’ve passed that test.” “Courage doesn’t hide in caves / You can’t bury freedom, in a grave,” / The Newcomers had heard this voice before / A distinct Yankees twang from Hyannisport shores. A silence fell within the mist / Somehow the Newcomer knew that this / Meant time had come for her to say / What was in the hearts of the five thousand plus that day. “Back on Earth, we wrote reports, / Watched our children play in sports / Worked our gardens, sang our songs / Went to church and clipped coupons / We smiled, we laughed, we cried, we fought / Unlike you, great we’re not” The tall man in the stovepipe hat / Stood and said, “Don’t talk like that! / Look at your country, look and see / You died for freedom, just like me” Then, before them all appeared a scene / Of rubbled streets and twisted beams / Death, destruction, smoke and dust / And people working just ‘cause they must Hauling ash, lifting stones, / Knee deep in hell, but not alone / “Look! Blackman, Whiteman, Brownman, Yellowman / Side by side helping their fellow man!” / So said Martin, as he watched the scene / “Even from nightmares, can be born a dream.” Down below three firemen raised / The colors high into ashen haze / The soldiers above had seen it before / On Iwo Jima back in ‘44 The man on sticks studied everything closely / Then shared his perceptions on what he saw mostly / “I see pain, I see 20 tears, / I see sorrow – but I don’t see fear.” “You left behind husbands and wives / Daughters and sons and so many lives / are suffering now because of this wrong / But look very closely. You’re not really gone. All of those people, even those who’ve never met you / All of their lives, they’ll never forget you / Don’t you see what has happened? / Don’t you see what you’ve done? / You’ve brought them together as one.” With that the man in the stovepipe hat said / “Take my hand,” and from there he led / five thousand plus heroes, Newcomers to heaven / On this day, two thousand one, nine eleven. Best Viewed Large / All Post-processing using Gimp 2.6 is done between 11pm – 4am (when the house is quiet) much to the dislike of my husband :( We are proud to say that we have sold 2 (with a possible 3rd sale pending) 13×19 unmounted prints to a private collector (Family-friend).
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Wandering desolate chimera child / 2 million souls in a simple breeze / Simpers thought to liquid heat Dance you silly breeze / Make new all that could be nothing / On seasons grown / And shape blades of grass / In high sweet lullabye’s Dangerous kind / Dream it soon / Explode your grave / To eternal cavern’s / Hum your dreams to sleep / With drifting souls / Whilst tempests embrace / And sentience speaks / In waking graves / These winds of Hiroshima. Image: Nawroski 2009 / Poem: Winds of Hiroshima.First written in 2006*
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