Hiroshima
Ken Domon was one of postwar Japan’s most influential photographers. In 1957 he made this unflinching study of Hiroshima, the first city targeted by a nuclear weapon, the atomic bombed dropped by the U.S. Army Air Force on August 6, 1945. Designed by Shigejiro Sano, the publication was a milestone in Japanese photographic literature. It includes heartbreaking photographs of survivors, hospitals, orphanages, the blind, and families struggling to rebuild their lives.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hiroshima
- Artist: Ken Domon (Japanese, Sakata, Yamagata 1909–1990 Tokyo)
- Date: 1958
- Dimensions: 14 × 10 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (35.6 × 26.7 × 3.2 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Mary Ann and Frank B. Arisman, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020
- Object Number: JFMPL.Arisman.2020.177
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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