Tree, from the series "Hiroshima Monument"

Tree, from the series "Hiroshima Monument" 

樹木(「ヒロシマ・モニュメント」より)

Artist
TSUCHIDA, Hiromi
土田 ヒロミ
Birth Year
1939
Death Year
-
Date
1979/1993/2010 (printed in 2016) 
Technique, Material, Format
ink-jet print 
Dimension
59.4 x 84.1 cm 
Category
Photograph or Moving Image by JapanesePhotographer/Artist 
Inventory Number
2016-PHJ-056 

The atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, is said to have destroyed or incinerated almost everything within about two kilometers of the hypocenter. Here you can see bridges and buildings that barely remain intact, as well as some surviving trees. Starting from the photo at the left, these pictures were taken at almost the same location in the 1970s, 1990s, and in 2010, at intervals of about 20 years. Tsuchida Hiromi, who began working as a photographer in the 1970s, has spent his career documenting rapidly evolving urban landscapes and the deeply-rooted customs of particular regions. The damaged buildings and trees depicted in these photos do not stay still. Some buildings are lost over time, while some of the trees grow larger. Tsuchida has recorded the GPS coordinates of the photos so that others can continue the series into the future.
(KIMURA Eriko)

*You can see other works from this series.

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