10 Years Later, The Rescued Snapshots Damaged In Japan's Tsunami
Memory Salvage digitized more than 750,000 images, and more than 460,000 have made their way back to their owners. But many were damaged beyond recognition. Takahashi put them into what he called "the hopeless box." Those photographs became part of the Lost & Found Project. Whereas Memory Salvage reveals just how important family images are by returning them, Takahashi's curation through Lost & Found recasts these damaged images as a memorial. These everyday objects have come to reflect the physical and emotional traumas of 3/11. The severity of the discoloration and chemical swirls makes th...
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