Répliques 11.03.11. Des photographes japonais face au cataclysme | Naoya Hatakeyama, Miho Kajioka, Lieko Shiga, et. al | Atelier EXB 2024.

Répliques 11.03.11. Des photographes japonais face au cataclysme | Naoya Hatakeyama, Miho Kajioka, Lieko Shiga, et. al | Atelier EXB 2024."On March 11, 2011, an earthquake of unprecedented magnitude devastated the northeast coast of Japan. This catastrophe will shock and question a new generation of photographers: how can images convey a nightmarish reality? What role should the photographer play? How can we evoke the trauma, but also rehabilitation and reconstruction? How can radioactivity be made visible? This collective book, edited by Philippe Sclier and Amada Marina, tackles these

On the book cover too there are some stains visible against the light

but everything in the background was instantly linked to their personal memories and turned into an object of nostalgia - buildings

artificial turf

with hundreds of small plastic flowers pinned on blue canvases like countless offers to the sea in hopes of good omens or

is a voyage between memories and dreams that builds a bridge between past and present

The case has scratches

of photographs

The goldent titles are partially faded

Please mind that the photos of the interiors come from another

Part of the successful "Yellows" series

'A nuclear warhead named Mary's Lamb was deployed on Chichijima under U

I wanted to shoot it