tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post3392647937426801353..comments2024-03-05T10:14:38.181+00:00Comments on CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Survived both Hiroshima and NagasakiDoundou Tchilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-2980738257200060202010-02-08T17:09:43.818+00:002010-02-08T17:09:43.818+00:00I've been trying to trace the photographer too...I've been trying to trace the photographer too, without success because this amazing photo is "public interest". No luckl though, but I suspect that the photographer may be Yosuke Yamahata who is credited with similar photographs, many of which circulate on the internet. Yamahata was a Japanese news photographer who was in Hiroshima when the bomb fell. Althou7gh he had no idea what had happened he was sharp enough to kn0ow it was a "story" and started taking photos immediately, before the "clear up". Some of his shots are posed but most are so direct and horrific that they speak for themselves. After the US occupation, news of the bombs were heavily censored in Japan for obvious reasons, so it's quite amazing that Yamahata's films weren't seized and destroyed. During his lifetime he seems to have kept them quiet and didn't publish. He died long ago of radiation poisoning, and I don';t know if he had heirs. The photos exist all over the net, and I think there were exhibitions. But who actually owns copyright is not at all clear, in the absence of Yamahata's instructions. You might have more luck finding out. For all we know, he might have wanted them public domain, because they are educational and serve an important public purpose. And they obviously meant a lot to him though he didn't use them for financial gain.Doundou Tchilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-55849054745737935212010-02-08T15:06:03.250+00:002010-02-08T15:06:03.250+00:00Hi Doundou,
I'm a Wikipedia editor, and I&#...Hi Doundou,<br /> I'm a Wikipedia editor, and I'd like to use your image of the Nagasaki post-man atomic bomb victim in the Wikipedia article about war. While this photo is certainly not pleasant, neither is war. I'm hoping a graphic reminder like this might be helpful there. Could you please tell me what you might know about the source of this photo, so I can assure Wikipedia that no copyrights remain on it, before I post it there?<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Scott Perry (Owner of wpahi.com)Scott Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545507784926036362noreply@blogger.com