80年前、
広島や
長崎に
原爆が
投下され
母親の
おなかの
中で
被爆したことで
脳の
発育が
妨げられ、
知能や
体に
障害が
ある「
原爆小頭症」の
人たちの
写真展が
2日から
東京で
開かれています。
80 years ago, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and babies who were exposed to radiation while in their mothers wombs suffered impaired brain development, resulting in intellectual and physical disabilities known as atomic bomb microcephaly. A photo exhibition of people with this condition has been held in Tokyo since the 2nd.
この写真展は原爆小頭症の人や支援者で作る「きのこ会」が発足してからことしで60年になるのにあわせて開かれているもので、1960年代から70年代にカメラマンの重田雅彦さんと菅沼清美さんが撮影した16点が展示されています。
This photo exhibition is being held to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Kinoko-kai, an association made up of people with atomic bomb microcephaly and their supporters. Sixteen photographs taken by photographers Masahiko Shigeta and Kiyomi Suganuma in the 1960s and 1970s are on display.
展示されている写真には、原爆小頭症の子どもが家事を手伝ったり食卓を囲んだりしている日常の様子や、入院して家族と離れて暮らす様子、被害の救済を求めて活動を続けた家族たちの姿が記録されています。
The exhibited photographs document everyday scenes such as children with atomic bomb microcephaly helping with housework or sitting around the dining table, their lives spent hospitalized and separated from their families, and the families who continued their efforts seeking relief for the victims.
原爆小頭症の人は被爆の影響で生まれつき頭が小さく、「最も若い被爆者」と言われていて、今回の写真のほとんどは差別や偏見をおそれてこれまで公開されてこなかったということです。
People with atomic bomb microcephaly were born with small heads due to the effects of the bombing and are referred to as the youngest survivors. Most of the photos this time had never been made public before, out of fear of discrimination and prejudice.
「きのこ会」の平尾直政事務局長は「原爆小頭症はあまり知られていないが、こうした企画を通じて当事者や家族の人生に触れてもらい、核兵器がもたらす影響を知ってもらいたい」と話していました。
Mr. Naomasa Hirao, the secretary-general of the Kinoko Kai, said, Atomic bomb microcephaly is not very well known, but through projects like this, we hope people can learn about the lives of those affected and their families, and understand the impact of nuclear weapons.
写真展は東京 練馬区の「ギャラリー古藤」で今月6日まで開かれています。
The photo exhibition is being held at Gallery Kotou in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, until the 6th of this month.
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