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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

"Hiroshima", Ken Domon (1909-1990)

Hiroshima

Ken Domon (1909-1990)

Hiroshima survivors’ physical and emotional scars through stark, unstaged black-and-white social realist photography, emphasizing both suffering and resilience thirteen years after the atomic bombing.

With contributions from: MoMA (image source); Kalina Petrova (image research); Elinor Hemedes (data research). Suggest an Edit

Hiroshima

Ken Domon (1909-1990)

Hiroshima survivors’ physical and emotional scars through stark, unstaged black-and-white social realist photography, emphasizing both suffering and resilience thirteen years after the atomic bombing.

With contributions from: MoMA (image source); Kalina Petrova (image research); Elinor Hemedes (data research). Suggest an Edit

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Ken Domon – Hiroshima

Books

Hiroshima

Shogakukan, 1985

upscaled cover image 9784838105540

The Photography of Domon Ken: An Indefatigable Soul

Mitsumura Suiko Shoin, 2017

upscaled cover image 9784095590134

Ken Domon Complete Works

Shogakukan, 1985

More by Ken Domon

Ken Domon – The Children of Chikuho

The Children of Chikuho

Ken Domon (1909-1990)

Children in mining villages with poverty and play in postwar Japan show the effects of industrial decline and the persistence of community life.

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