Nagasaki

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Nagasaki

1961

Shomei Tomatsu (Japanese, 1930–2012)

In the 1960s, Shomei Tomatsu made haunting and politically charged photographs of the aftermath of atomic warfare, including this image of a scarred survivor of the American bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II.

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Object Details

Title:

Nagasaki

Date:

1961

Artist:

Shomei Tomatsu (Japanese, 1930–2012)

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 8 5/16 × 12 5/8 inches (21.1 × 32.1 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 inches (27.8 × 35.5 cm)

Classification:

Photographs

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds contributed by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, 1990

Accession Number:

1990-51-107

Geography:

Photograph taken in Japan, Asia

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