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Another odd curiosity. I've been browsing the web for images of the "atomic shadows," permanently cast on the walls of Hiroshima by the standing bodies of people subsequently blown apart by the shock wave. There don't seem to be any images available on the web.
Perhaps its a matter of respect for the dead. I can imagine the thoughts of a photographer, walking through a city-sized tomb, confronted by such a creepy (and inhuman) memorial. Like the famous Robert Capa photo, or the legend that a person's last sight remains burned into their retina, it brings up the uneasiness we feel about the actual, unrehearsed, untidy moment of death. I'm not sure I'd have taken the picture either.
Permanent atomic shadows of inanimate objects, however, are easy to find documented. I find this one eerily beautiful:
Perhaps its a matter of respect for the dead. I can imagine the thoughts of a photographer, walking through a city-sized tomb, confronted by such a creepy (and inhuman) memorial. Like the famous Robert Capa photo, or the legend that a person's last sight remains burned into their retina, it brings up the uneasiness we feel about the actual, unrehearsed, untidy moment of death. I'm not sure I'd have taken the picture either.
Permanent atomic shadows of inanimate objects, however, are easy to find documented. I find this one eerily beautiful: