Nearly one year after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, art is emerging from the disaster zone.
The exhibition is titled Lost & Found and gathers more than 1,500 photos recovered from communities up and down the devastated coast are on display at the Akaaka Gallery in central Tokyo until February 11, depicting scenes of everyday life before the disaster struck. Faded, torn and discolored after being exposed to salt water and the elements, they show graduating school classes, summer beach holidays, families gathered around dinner tables and wedding celebrations.
The exhibition is organized by Akaaka Art Publishing Inc., which produces photo books, and is based in Miyagi Prefecture, which was badly affected by the natural disasters.
Munemasa Takahashi, a photographer based in the city of Yamamoto, volunteered to clean photos that had been discovered in the wreckage of homes and offices and to try to return them to their owners.
As many as 300,000 photos are believed to have been washed away in Yamamoto alone, according to the gallery, and Takahashi was able to return some 19,200 to their owners. Those on display at the exhibition were selected from those that were not claimed and whose owners are likely to have died in the disaster.
"The stories were reported on TV, newspapers and web sites," the gallery said in a statement. "However, we all know that what has been told is only a part of the story, and that it is impossible to tell the whole story. Part of the untold story is the sense of a silent presence among the survivors and of those who lost their lives to the tsunami."
"These photographs draw us into their presence and make us aware of their silent voices," the gallery said. "This awareness is very important for us who are still living."
The photos will also be exhibited abroad and will be displayed at the Hiroshi Watanabe Studio in Los Angeles between March 8 and 25.
The Akaaka Gallery, 1-9-13 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Further details: http://www.akaaka.com/gallery/
The Lost and Found Project: http://lostandfound311.jp/
Publié le 31.01.2012
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