Human Flower Project
Miami, Florida USA
Denver, Colorado USA
Hollywood, California USA
Friday, August 06, 2010
With White, for Hiroshima
White flowers reappear in ceremonies remembering the tens of thousands who were killed by the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. After 65 years, participation may mean progress.
People gathered in mourning, respect, anger and pacifism at the cenotaph in Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 2010.
Photo: New York Times
On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. 80,000 people were killed instantly, and by the end of the year, tens of thousands more had died of radiation poisoning and other injuries.
Today, for the first time, a U.S. dignitary—John Roos, the ambassador to Japan—joined the mayor of Hiroshima and thousands of others at a memorial rite.
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