Atomic Bomb
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A City in Color: The Stark Reality of Hiroshima in March 1946
Captured in rare color film by U.S. survey teams in March 1946, this haunting photograph lays bare the skeletal expanse of Hiroshima six months after the atomic bomb reshaped human history.
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A Mother’s Vigil in the Atomic Ash: The Photograph That Exposed Nuclear Ruin
Crouched amid devastation, a mother tends to her wounded infant after the atomic blast in August 1945, transforming raw human sorrow into an enduring indictment of nuclear war.
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Etched in Granite: The Human Shadow on the Steps of Hiroshima
Etched onto the stone steps of Hiroshima’s Sumitomo Bank just 260 meters from the atomic hypocenter, a dark silhouette marks the exact spot where a person sat waiting for the doors to open on the morning of August 6, 1945.
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The Living Evidence: Sumiteru Taniguchi and the Mirror of Nagasaki’s Atomic Wound
Holding a black-and-white 1945 photograph of his 16-year-old self lying face-down with a shredded back, Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor Sumiteru Taniguchi confronts the camera in 2015 to offer living proof of nuclear disaster.