Le Journal de la Photographie

Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery Eric Rechsteiner, "Three young people from Ofunato area, Japan: Naoyuki Sato, 16, high school student, his sister Madoka Takami 29 (grey coat); Namiko Sasaki (dark coat), 29," 2011 Courtesy of photographer Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "The consequences of the earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan on March 11, 2011. The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.0 on the Richter scale. The city of Ishinomaki was severely affected by the tsunami. In some parts of the city it was very difficult to move around due to the seawa... Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Doll in the Mud: Arahama, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan," 2011, In the afternoon of the day following the massive tsunami, the water has not receded yet. On the night before, 200-300 dead bodies were found on this road where I photographed the doll. The doll's clothes were all muddy... Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Houses Floating on Water: Arahama, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan" 2011, A collection of multiple houses swept away and gathered by the force of the tsunami. This place is a few hundred meters away from the seashore and the water was rather clear and not so muddy. The seawater seems to... Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Wiped-out Community: Arahama, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan," 2011, A typical rice-producing community is now covered with massive rubble after numerous houses collapsed. The billowing smoke seen far off in the distance is from a fire at a petrochemical complex near Sendai Port. The fire cont... Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Evening in the Ruined Town: Tohoku, Japan" 2011, The coastal fishing towns were hit hardest by the disaster. Even the wreckage from demolished buildings was mostly carried away by the tsunami undertow. The walls of this house, one of the few left standing, appears ghostly in the evening light... Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Night at the Shelter: Minamisanriku, Japan," 2011, The entrance of the makeshift shelter had only one candle for lighting after infrastructure was totally disrupted. Electricity, water, gas, telephone, cell phones and the Internet were unusable. Behind the candle, a paper put up on the wall b... Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Memories: Tohoku, Japan," 2011 ©Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Jesus Our Savior: Tohoku, Japan," 2011 ©Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Aftermath: Rikuzentakada, Japan," 201 ©Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Devastation: Tohoku, Japan," 2011 © Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Devastation: Tohoku, Japan," 2011 ©Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Devastation: Tohoku, Japan," 2011 ©Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery "Devastation: Tohoku, Japan" 2011 ©Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery 360º Panoramic Destruction: Ofunato, Japan ©Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery 360º Panoramic Destruction: Watari, Japan, 2011 ©Shoji Ueno Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery 360º Panoramic Destruction: Otsuchi, Japan ©Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery 360º Panoramic Destruction: Minamisanriku, Japan, 2011 ©Hiroshi Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery Patting, 2011 C-print Location: Hirota-cho, Town of Rikuzentakada, Iwate Prefecture, Japan ©Junku Nishimura Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery Little Things: Muddy Photo, 2011 March 15th, 2011. Nobiru, Japan. An earthquake-triggered tsunami 25 m (82 ft.) obliterated homes and scattered all manner of personal possessions in its wake. There are believed to be 26,000 people either missing or dead and the confirmed death toll from the t... Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery Little Things: Kokeshi Doll, 2011 March 15th, 2011. Nobiru, Japan. A handmade wooden "kokeshi" doll, among the ruins of a flattened home. Kokeshi originate from Miyagi Prefecture where Nobiru City is found. ©Max Hodges Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery Little Things: Child's Geta, 2011 March 15th, 2011. Nobiru, Japan. A child's pair of wooden geta sandals found on a street. ©Max Hodges Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery Little Things: Kettle, 2011 March 15th, 2011. Nobiru, Japan. A kettle half-buried in the mud a home was washed away. ©Max Hodges Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery Kamo Shrine: Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, 2011. Location: Along Route 45, Take-no-sode, Karakuwata-cho, Kesennuma-city, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. ©Osamu Sato Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery Destroyed Town: Onagawa, Japan, 2011. A scene of utter destruction in the town of Onagawa, Japan, due to the unprecedented tsunami in the country's northeast Tohoku region, created by the March 11th magnitude 9.0 earthquake. The quake/ tsunami allegedly killed tens of thousands of people and ... Tohoku, Zen Foto Gallery Burned Classroom in an Elementary School, 2011. Location: Minamihama-cho, Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. ©Yuji Nishijima