The inevitable, the imminent... the future

Human memory has a tendency to slip, and critical judgment to fade, with the years and with changes in life-style and circumstance. But the camera, just as it siezed the grim realities of that time, brings the stark facts...before our eyes without the need for the slightest embellishment. Today, with the remarkable recovery made by both Nagasaki and Hiroshima, it may be difficult to recall the past, but these photographs will continue to provide us with an unwavering testimony to the realities of that time. (Link)

-Yosuke Yamahata

The above is a quote that impressed me. I found alot of truth in it. Not only did it remind that its about bloody time I got myself a camera :p.. but it also made me realise a harsh and grim reality. It's something that is bound to catch up with us sooner or later, and I believe its just a matter of time. The thing about life is no matter how prepared you could possibly be for it, it'll certainly surprise you with one thing or another.

I was intrigued by the infamous Hiroshima and Nagasaki incidents whereby two atomic bombs were dropped on the cities and wiped everything out leaving behind nothing but rubble and over a hundred thousand casualties. The effects of the atomic bomb are so great that Nikita Khrushchev said that the survivors would envy the dead (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, 1982). The blast from an atomic bomb’s explosion will last for only one-half to one second, but in this amount of time a great deal of damage is done (Physicians and Scientists on Nuclear War, 1981). The only two cities to ever experience the devastating effects of the atomic bomb were the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I truly hope that the examples of these two cities are the first and last time that the power of the a-bomb is used, otherwise there's no telling what lies ahead...

Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists of all time once said "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones"