Le Journal de la Photographie

Roads to the Fukushima nuclear power plant were closed. Radiation in the mountains to the west of the plant remains very high. Most people relocated even though they were outside the 20km exclusion zone. © Martin Hladik

Roads to the Fukushima nuclear power plant were closed. Radiation in the mountains to the west of the plant remains very high. Most people relocated even though they were outside the 20km exclusion zone. © Martin Hladik

TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik Roads to the Fukushima nuclear power plant were closed. Radiation in the mountains to the west of the plant remains very high. Most people relocated even though they were outside the 20km exclusion zone. © Martin Hladik TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik Tired firefighters wait for police to arrive to move a body they have found to a place where it will be prepared for identification. Rikuzentakata. © Martin Hladik TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik A ball of yarn is the only thing which Mrs. Takahashi and her husband could find after they returned to the place where their home used to be. Kamaishi city. © Martin Hladik TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik Maki Sasaya (19) is searching for her missing mother. The house where she grew up has been destroyed. She only found her mother's car and a few items in it. Kamaishi city. © Martin Hladik TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik Carrying a precious toy amidst the devastation. © Martin Hladik TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik Holding onto memories. A photo found under the debris of a destroyed home. © Martin Hladik TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik Two children transfer the bones of their mother after her cremation. Both parents died in a wrongly located evacuation center, which flooded and became a tomb for 300 people. Rikuzentakata. © Martin Hladik TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik Manaka (13) lost her mother and grandmother in the tsunami. Together with her sister Sakaki (16), Manaka will be brought up by her aunt. Rikuzentakata/Nesaki. © Martin Hladik TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik There is no time to waste. Even though this man's house was damaged by the tsunami, as was the whole town, early on he started to cultivate his garden again. Rikuzentakata. © Martin Hladik TOHOKU 2011: Photographs by Martin Hladik Posing in front of a fishing boat dragged to shore by the tsunami. A moment to remember. © Martin Hladik