Hiroshima nagasaki photographs

Exactly 70 years ago the US dropped the atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 of its 350,000 citizens. Three days later, a second bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki. Photographer Issei Kato has paired archive images of the ruins with how they look today

The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today.

The landmark report on the atomic bombing and its aftermath remains undiminished in its intensity nearly seventy years later.

Japanese, 1930–2012

Hiroshima. Christer Strömholm

Today is the sixty-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombing of 長崎 (Nagasaki, Japan). Last year I wrote a post (click here) about the peace memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And three days ago, I …

Hiroshima - The heart of the city by air, only the white roads giving an indication of where different buildings once stood. 'Hiroshima - Nagasaki - A Pictorial Record of the Atomic Destruction' 1978

Commanding officer and pilot Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr. waves from the cockpit of his bomber plane at its base in Tinian, on August 6, 1945, shortly before take-off to drop the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. The day before Tibbets named the B-29 Superfortress after his mother "Enola Gay."

A new book of photos documents the human impact of the bombings that ended World War II — and challenges a common American perception of the destruction in Japan.