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Photography: Disaster Memorials
http://www.ilankelman.org/disastermemorials.html

A Dozen Disaster Memorial Photographs

All images are copyright Ilan Kelman.

Marc Chagall's stained glass window in the United Nations headquarters (New York, New York, 2007).

Marc Chagall's stained glass window in the United Nations headquarters remembering Dag Hammarskjöld and those who died in the airplane crash with him (New York, New York, 2007).



The 7/7 Tavistock Square memorial, ten years after (London, U.K., 2015).

7/7+10 (London, U.K., 2015).



The Minami Sanriku Emergency Operation Center as a tsunami memorial (near Sendai, Japan. 2014).

The Minami Sanriku Emergency Operation Center, left as an 11/3 tsunami memorial (near Sendai, Japan. 2014).



Memorial to the Estonia ferry sinking (Nagu, Finland, 2008).

Memorial to the Estonia (Nagu, Finland, 2008).



Plaque to firefighters who helped to save the Valleé de Mai in April 1958 (Seychelles, 2013).

To the firefighters of Praslin and Mahé (Seychelles, 2013).



The <I>Marchioness</I> memorial in Southwark Cathedral (London, U.K., 2015).

The Marchioness memorial in Southwark Cathedral (London, U.K., 2015).



Memorial to Air India Flight 182 (Toronto, Ontario, 2011).

Memorial to Air India Flight 182 (Toronto, Ontario, 2011).



Seaside plaque to the members of Patrol Squadron Twenty Three of the United States Navy killed on 7 May 1954 (New Providence, Bahamas, 2011).

Members of Patrol Squadron Twenty Three of the United States Navy killed on 7 May 1954 (New Providence, Bahamas, 2011).



Memorial to Norwegians killed in the 26 December 2004 tsunami (Oslo, Norway, 2012).

Memorial to Norwegians killed in the 26 December 2004 tsunami (Oslo, Norway, 2012).



Memorial to 9/11 firefighters (Christchurch, New Zealand, 2003).

Memorial to 9/11 firefighters sculpted from World Trade Center steel (Christchurch, New Zealand, 2003).



Memorial to Cubana Flight 455 (Barbados, 1999).

Memorial to Cubana Flight 455 (Barbados, 1999).



Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial (Portland, Oregon, 2012).

Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial (Portland, Oregon, 2012).



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