Hiroshima - 'Watch'

'Watch' - Kengo Futagawa (59 at the time) was crossing the Kannon Bridge (1,600 meters from the hypocenter) by bicycle on his way to do fire prevention work. He jumped into the river, terribly burned. He returned home, but died on August 22, 1945.

From the Hiroshima Archive - an online exhibition featuring a selection of photographs from Hiromi Tsuchida's "Hiroshima" work dealing with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. The work consists of three subjects: monuments, people, and articles which were present during the atomic blast at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945. Read more