Photo Exhibition
　　　　HIBAKUSHA
　　　　　　　Nuclear Victims of the World


Toward the Success of the HIBAKUSHA Photo Exhibition
(Nuclear Victims of the World)
Supported by Hiroshima City and Nagasaki City
As a group of photographers who have continued to photograph nuclear victims, we have pledged to hold the Hibakusha exhibition throughout the world, until the day when nuclear weapons are totally abolished.
Having learned the true nature of the tragedies of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we hope to introduce to people everywhere images which we have captured from our perspective as photographers who have witnessed ﾒnuclearﾓ victimization throughout the world. We will work to prompt them to consider the question of what nuclear weapons are. We also hope to liberate the children living in the twenty-first century from the fear of nuclear war. We want people to know that no war, however small, must be allowed to happen.

The following is an introduction of our members and their major works:
ITOH Takasi
He has photographed Korean victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These photos were taken in Japan, as well as North and South Korea. He has also photographed Asian victims of the Asian-Pacific War, including former ﾒcomfort womenﾓ who were forced to be sex slaves for the Japanese army, as well as Koreans and Taiwanese who were drafted to serve in the Imperial Army.

KIRYU Hiroto
He has photographed victims of nuclear tests, including those on Mururoa Atoll and Rongelap. In 1993, from aboard a Greenpeace ship, he took photos of a Russian fleet dumping nuclear waste in the Sea of Japan, and released these to the world.

TOYOSAKI Hiromitsu
He has photographed victims of nuclear fallout from a number of test sites, including Nevada and Australia. He has taken photographs of people, landscapes, animals and plants affected by radiation released from uranium mining, nuclear weapons tests, and nuclear power plant accidents. He was the first recipient of the Peace and Cooperation Journalist Fund for his book Atomic Age.
MOTOHASHI Seiichi
He has photographed victims of the fallout from Chernobyl, contained in his collection titled ﾒNadyaﾕs Village.ﾓ He has also photographed MARUKI Iri and Toshi, two well known painters who were themselves victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. For ﾒNadyaﾕs Village,ﾓ he was awarded the Grand Prize for ﾒeco-mediaﾓ at the Environmental Film Festival, held in 1999 in Freiburg, Germany.

MORISHITA Ittetsu
His photographs include victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Taking these photos over a period of many years has been one of the starting points for his own life. In 1981, his work ﾒHibakushaﾓ was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Recording Art Photo Contest, entitled ﾒPeople and Peace,ﾓ which was held to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union.

MORIZUMI Takashi
He has photographed the nuclear damage from the Semiparatinsk test site in Russia, uranium mining in India, and depleted uranium shells. While involving himself on the issues of disarmament and nuclear weapons, he has witnessed the enormous damage done to nature by radioactivity, and has continued taking photographs of people throughout the world suffering nuclear-related damage.

The six　of us have been photographing hibakusha, or nuclear victims, for over two decades.

The two following special exhibitions are also included.
MATSUSHIGE Yoshito
His photographs show victims waiting for help three hours after the bombing of Hiroshima, at Miyuki Bridge, 2.3 kilometers from the hypocenter.

U.S. Army
Photograph of the devastated Hiroshima City.

Our photos are records of nuclear victims throughout the world, with the exceptions of China and Pakistan. The exhibition consists of 102 original prints. We would like to display these photographs throughout the world. The photographs will be delivered accompanied by translated captions which are understandable to all people of that particular country. They will be set in panels so that you can simply display them as they are.
We strongly believe that we will be able to create a surge of sentiment against nuclear weapons throughout the world if we can display the photographs in one hundred countries. We will continue the exhibition until nuclear weapons have been totally abolished from the face of the Earth. We will look for groups, through various means, who are willing to develop an exhibition, and will send the prints after confirming their resolution to keep the exhibition in place until the day when nuclear weapons are abolished.
It costs approximately ｴ3 million (US$30,000) to send out one set of photographs, and we are currently raising funds for new exhibitions. We will send out a new set each time we are able to raise this sum. The entire set consists of 111 A-2 sized panels, including text panels.
We also hope that people in the countries where exhibits are held will raise funds themselves for the project, allowing us to set up exhibitions in 100 countries as soon as possible.
The funds will be used for the photographersﾕ activities, for making panels, translating captions, producing pamphlets, printing, crating, shipping, maintaining the secretariat, and for expenses incurred during lectures given by nuclear victims and photographers.

･ We hope that anti-nuclear sentiment will surge upward in the 21st century, and that a schedule with a time limit will be set for the abolition of nuclear weapons. We believe that this exhibition will be one of the driving forces behind this movement. We urge you to participate in our activities. The only condition for participation is the firm resolution to keep the exhibition on display until the day when nuclear weapons are abolished.
･ We have also received powerful messages from the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
･ For further details, please contact us as specified below.

Group Spreading the Photograph Exhibition HIBAKUSHA of the World
ITOH Takasi KIRYU Hiroto TOYOSAKI Hiromitsu
MOTOHASHI Seiichi MORISHITA Ittetsu MORIZUMI Takashi
Contact: 1-35-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 151-0053
Fax: +81-3-3320-0681　E-mail ittethum@sirius.ocn,ne.jp

Earth,the Universeﾕs shining biosphere, must not be contaminated by nuclear weapons. Let us pass on an Earth without such weapons to the people of the 21st century!

Photo Exhibition HIBAKUSHA Nuclear Victims of the World
To Those Who Would Like to Start the Exhibition
･ With this exhibition, it is important to make viewers feel that they themselves can become members of the activity, through writing down their impressions, or making donations. Such actions can make them feel that they have the will to abolish nuclear weapons.
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The photographs can be arranged as the group likes, in accordance with the specific characteristics of the location, and if necessary the number of photographs can be reduced to fit a small location. The exhibition can also be split up into different locations; if you decide to do this, please make up new text panels.
･ It is preferable if the exhibition is open for a period long enough for all elementary and junior high school students to be able to visit.
･ We ask you to place a notebook at the exhibition site, where people can write down their impressions, and that you send us a copy of any impressions that are particularly noteworthy.
･ We would appreciate if you hold joint events with artists in your area who are interested in the issue. This can include photograph or painting exhibits, sculpture displays, music, film, theater, videos, or poetry readings.
･ It is likely that artists who visit the exhibition will be creatively stimulated by what they see, and they may be willing to design posters, pamphlets, or pins, which you could consider distributing to people who write down impressions in the notebook or who make donations.
･ The funds raised can be used to make posters or leaflets.
･ We encourage you to carry out fund-raising activities on a continuing basis, and once you have raised the necessary funds, they can be collected together and used to launch an exhibition in a new country. You can also invite nuclear victims to hear their views.
･ Please establish a bank account for the funds collected, settle the account every month, and send us a report.
･ Please provide us with information regarding the location and schedule of the exhibition, as well as the number of people attending.
･ Please inform us if you know of people in other countries who can participate in this project. Every time we are able to raise ｴ3 million, we will send an exhibition set to a new country, in order of application.
･ If there is a change in the person responsible for the exhibition, please make sure that the baton is passed securely, and then let us know of the change.
･ Our intent is to maintain the exhibition until the day when nuclear weapons are abolished, so please treat the photographs carefully. If any of the photos become damaged, please inform us of the number printed on the back, and we will replace them.
･ If any ideas or suggestions come up in the course of your exhibition, please let us know. Our aim is always to improve the exhibition.
･ If the group or organization in your country would like to launch an exhibition quickly, please raise the equivalent of ｴ3 million and send the money to us. We will promptly begin the production, and will make arrangements so that the set is delivered to you within roughly three months.

Let us all work together, to spread the exhibition to 100 countries as quickly as possible!

Group Spreading the Photograph Exhibition HIBAKUSHA of the World
Contact: 1-35-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 151-0053
Fax: +81-3-3320-0681 E-mail ittethum@sirius.ocn.ne.jp