Hiroshima
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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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Hiroshima Marks 81st Anniversary as Unburied Archives and Global Tensions Reshape Nuclear Debate
On the 81st anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, new archival memoirs and strategic reassessments re-examine Truman’s 1945 decision amid rising global nuclear risks.