"Military Bride"


  • Photographer
    Alex James
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    March 2016

She is a beautiful, selfless soul - a humble, devoted woman who left her beloved Japan many decades ago. She survives the firebombing and raids - the ravages of World War II and the aftermath of near starvation. Later, she meets the love of her life - a handsome young U.S. military soldier, ironically. They fall in love and she leaves Japan to build a family in a strange unfamiliar land. She faces anger, racism and bigotry, and manages to move forward in her quiet, courageous style. With her anguish hidden, we see only her soft, beautiful smile. Now after 90 years, few memories linger. She misses her soul mate. Her final years have been good to her, but she struggles without the company of her one true love. Softly, she whispers a prayer ... will they meet soon? She dreams, she listens, she waits patiently ... for his sweet response.

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