No city in the world regards world peace as seriously as Hiroshima, Japan. Prayers and hopes inscribed on small pieces of wood honor some of the 140,000 victims of the blast and plead for a world free from nuclear weapons. The fragile sticks may vanish with the first storm but the large and deep carvings in the rock just behind them no doubt echo the sentiments they express. I made this image with a 28mm wideangle lens, which allowed me to come in as close as possible for detail, yet still get the full range of subject matter into the frame.