[Leica] IMGs: Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered: Lanterns for Peace

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

bharani  ASKED:
> which book did you publish those photos of the children in, if i may ask?
> best wishes,<<<<<<

Hi bharani,
There are several images in the last book. "Real Photographers Shoot Black & 
White. Sometimes colour." Including the photo of the doctor's hands holding 
the child's hand as he died.

The work formed an exhibition in Ottawa at the "Canadian Museum of 
Contemporary Photography" 1993.

Today the Chernobyl images are in the National Archives of Canada as part of 
my 280,000 image collection held in their archival vaults.

Dr. ted


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From: "scleroplex" <scleroplex at gmail.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered: Lanterns for 
Peace


> dear dr ted,
> well said.
> too few people spend any time thinking about our world and what all we
> allow to happen.
>
> recently i read a book called "whistleblowers" by fred alford.
> it too made explicit many conclusions i had already reached about the
> way we let people run our world.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Whistleblowers-Broken-Lives-Organizational-Power/dp/0801487803
>
> :-(
>
> which book did you publish those photos of the children in, if i may ask?
> best wishes,
> bharani
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:59:42 -0700
> From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered: Lanterns
>       for     Peace
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> George Lottermoser offered on his blog:
>
> Subject: Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered: Lanterns for
> Peace
>
>>>>Before the canoeists could complete setting all the lanterns afloat two
>>>>party barges felt compelled to dock in the event area. The partying,
>>>>noisy drunks appeared oblivious to the solemn event taking place before
>>>>them. Loud verbal nonsense drowned out the beautiful, subtle sound of 
>>>>the
>>>>Kalimba (Thumb Piano); and turned the space and time into an apt 
>>>>metaphor
>>>>for the current state of global communication about the social issues of
>>>>war and peace; violence; the economic collapse; and income disparity; et
>>>>al. As it occurred I could not bring myself to photograph the offensive
>>>>and ugly side; I kept it out of my view finder; though I now feel I
>>>>should have attempted to document their insensitivity. Oh well.<<<<<<<<
>
> Hi George,
> I'm afraid history has passed many of our younger generations by when some
> folks attempt to show compassion for the past and it's horrors of war.
>
> May we Earthlings never again see the destructive force of a nuclear 
> weapon
> fired in anger! Nor a similar situation as Chernobyl and the aftermath of
> that power plant disaster, particularly on children. Having spent time in
> the Ukraine & Russia photographing the children, survivors from the power
> plant I can only offer never again!
>
> The weapon doesn't just destroy a block or two and a great number of
> buildings! They will affect, given the size of some bombs developed in the
> arsenals of countries today, basically every human on the planet in some
> fashion or another.
>
> All one has to do is photograph a child, unknowingly as he took his last
> breathe and died as the camera went click! The lady doctor looked up at 
> me,
> she didn't say a word. It was the look in her eyes and on her face as she
> held the little guy's hand for the last time. I lost complete control,
> stepped into the hall and cried like I don't think I ever did before.
>
> Any fool, regardless of country, worldly position in any country or
> race/religion who advocates the use of  nuclear weapons. Nor cares about
> those of the past, need be hung by their thumbs and severely thrashed!! 
> The
> problem with that is.......... "Unfortunately only serves the tides of
> violence scourging the Earth from corner to corner. A shame!"
>
> Dr. ted
>
> PS: The photograph I referred to, actually all my photographs of those
> children were all shot with Leica M6's and R7's loaded with Tri-x rated at
> ASA 800! Souped in D76 1:1
>
> Truly....... Never ever again!
>
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