Group cremation of student victims of the bomb on August 9. The invocation to the Buddha of the Western Paradise recited by the mourners appears in the lower left-hand corner.
This is a very sad picture. They had so many dead people and students that they had to go in groups, its sad that they didn't get their own ceremony and go in peace.
Mother looking for a place to cremate her dead child. The artist’s text notes that the child’s burned face was infested with maggots, and speculates that the distraught mother “probably picked up the metal helmet as a receptacle for her child’s
The description of this picture is very heartbreaking. The mother having to walk around carrying her dead child while looking for a place to lay her to rest is sad.
Floating lanterns as a prayer for the souls of the dead and a prayer for peace. The artist was 18 years old in 1974 when she responded to the appeal for pictures recalling the bomb.
This image puts you in a peaceful mindset, the lanterns along with the pretty background shows signs of hope.
The artist and an injured girl attempting to escape
This image put you into the chaotic setting, the fire surrounding the buildings and the burns on the people shows the destruction caused.
The “mushroom-shaped” cloud from the bomb’s explosion, seen from the outskirts of Hiroshima.
this image is somewhat ironic showing the beautiful, "peaceful hills while destruction is occurring just miles into the distance.