Taro Okamoto’s Asu no Shinwa (Myth of Tomorrow), Tokyo, May 2018
This 30 metre long mural by Japanese artist Taro Okamoto consists of 14 colourful panels, depicting the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The work was commissioned for a planned luxury in Mexico in 1968, but the hotel project halted and the work vanished.
Okamoto died in 1996, at which point his life partner launched a search for the work. It was eventually discovered in 2003 in a warehouse in Mexico. Its years of storage in poor conditions had taken their toll, and an arduous restoration project was undertaken.
Upon completion in 2008, the work was displayed to the public for the first time. Now, the colours and vibrance of this explosive destruction are accompanied by the tumult of commuting at Shibuya Station.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 May 2018
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Powerful shot, thanks for including the interesting backstory.
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Great post. Amazing mural.
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That is a cool story! The mural is excellent, and the photo is excellent too!
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brilliant long shot! love it
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It all looks very speedy!
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You really are enjoying slow shutter speed stuff, Debs. I am guessing 1/10th of a second or thereabouts for the first one, and maybe 1/20th for the second image??
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Not sure, I’ll check later, but I did go down to 1/4 at some point. And all hand held!! Wonderful Sony
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I find the Olympus pretty good, but I’m not as steady now!!
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what a brilliant way to share with us this fabulous mural in its setting.
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Very powerful. The mural itself as the work you did with the people in it that way.
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I liked the idea of them looking ghost-like, given the topic of the mural
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How wonderful that the work was found and I think it’s now displayed in the right country.
Thanks for contributing Debbie.
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…neat and I like the fast moving people!
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