Ruins of Hiroshima

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1947-07-23 in Hiroshima
maker:
Jack Esten

Gelatin silver print of the ruins of Hiroshima, taken by an Jack Esten for 'Illustrated' magazine, 29 October 1946. 'Here and there shacks been built in the desolation of a plain of debris, once the city of Hiroshima. Here and there young green shoots are peeping around the dead trees, but the Japanese have no real plan for the rebuilding of this wilderness.'

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/14462
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
photograph and gelatin silver print