These images of the Lisbon Maru are wonderful and evocative - I'm reviewing them as a pair as my friend Susan suggested mounting them that way, and it works really well. We both had relatives on the ship, my father survived, sadly Susan's uncle was murdered by the iJA or drowned. It's good that it's almost as if the viewer is in the sea beside the POWs, seeing their perspective of the sinking ship, and looking up to the heroic fishermen who rescued hundreds of POWs. I really like the monochome, and the simplicity balanced with the swirling elements that echo the maelstrom that was their lives (and deaths) at that point, the darkness of their present with the light of salvation and hope.
I got these prints as a pair for my Dad for Christmas 2025, so will review as a pair. My Grandad was on the Lisbon Maru and survived, so they are pretty special to the family. My Dad really liked them and framed them as a pair, as suggested by a friend. They look really good like that, and the sky and the sea flow between the two well. I think they would make a good commemorative gift for other relatives of the POWs or even the Chinese fishermen who stopped the massacre and helped save the POWs as seen in the second picture.
These images of the Lisbon Maru are wonderful and evocative - I'm reviewing them as a pair as my friend Susan suggested mounting them that way, and it works really well. We both had relatives on the ship, my father survived, sadly Susan's uncle was murdered by the iJA or drowned. It's good that it's almost as if the viewer is in the sea beside the POWs, seeing their perspective of the sinking ship, and looking up to the heroic fishermen who rescued hundreds of POWs. I really like the monochome, and the simplicity balanced with the swirling elements that echo the maelstrom that was their lives (and deaths) at that point, the darkness of their present with the light of salvation and hope.
I got these prints as a pair for my Dad for Christmas 2025, so will review as a pair. My Grandad was on the Lisbon Maru and survived, so they are pretty special to the family. My Dad really liked them and framed them as a pair, as suggested by a friend. They look really good like that, and the sky and the sea flow between the two well. I think they would make a good commemorative gift for other relatives of the POWs or even the Chinese fishermen who stopped the massacre and helped save the POWs as seen in the second picture.