Photos Damaged By The Japan Tsunami Get Salvaged

abgsedapmalam · Post time 4-3-2012 12:08 PM

Feb 24, 2012

11 Months ago Japan was hit by a big earthquake and tsunami. Countless lives were lost, towns were destroyed, a nuclear plant threatened to explode and the world looked on in amazement as the people of Japan stood up and started on a new start. One group of people has since dedicated themselves to salvaging photos found amongst the rubble and debris. Stand up and take a bow.
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1A man salvages photo films from a destroyed city museum in Rikuzentakata after the area was devastated by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

2Photographs found in the ruins are left at an evacuation shelter in Rikuzentakata. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

3Family pictures are collected outside the ruins of a house in Miyako. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

4A tsunami victim looks for family photos in a room of personal belongings salvaged from the ruins in Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

5Tsunami victims search for their family photos in a room with personal belongings salvaged from the ruins in Yamada town. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

6Hideko Tanaka holds a photo of herself and her sister Yuko found in the ruins of a family home in Yamada. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

7Survivors search through photographs found in the ruins at an evacuation shelter in Rikuzentakata. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

8Evacuees chat as they stand near photos found in the ruins and notices with names of missing persons and survivors at an evacuation shelter in Rikuzentakata. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

9A photo of a baby is seen at an area that was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentakata. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

10Volunteer cleans a family photo that was washed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami as baby photos are placed to dry at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

11Volunteers clean baby photos that were washed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

12Volunteer strings out baby photos to dry after cleaning at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

13Volunteer opens family photos before cleaning at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

14Family photos that were washed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are placed to dry before cleaning at a volunteer centre. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

15Volunteer cleans baby photos in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

16Volunteers place to dry baby photos that were washed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, after cleaning at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

17Volunteers clean baby photos that were washed away by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

18Baby photos that were washed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, are placed to dry after cleaning at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

19Volunteers cleans photos that were washed away by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

20A volunteer hangs photos that were washed away by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami after cleaning at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

21Family photos that were washed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, are hanged to dry after cleaning at a volunteer centre in Ofunato. © Toru Hanai / Reuters

22A tsunami victim places back an album after looking for her photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at an assembly house in temporary compounds in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

23A tsunami victim looks through albums for her photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at an assembly house in temporary compounds in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

24Tsunami victims look through albums for their photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at an assembly house in temporary compounds in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

25Tsunami victims look through albums for their photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at an assembly house in temporary compounds in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

26Tsunami victim pages an album of his family photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after receiving them from volunteer in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

27A tsunami victim looks through albums for her photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at an assembly house in temporary compounds in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

28Photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are hung to dry after cleaning in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

29Photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are hung to dry after cleaning in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

abgsedapmalam · Post time 4-3-2012 12:08 PM

30Volunteer cleans photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

31Tsunami victims look through albums for their photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at an assembly house in temporary compounds in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

32Tsunami victim reacts as she looks photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after receiving them from volunteer in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

33Tsunami victim looks at an album of family photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after receiving them from volunteer in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

34Tsunami victim flips through an album of family photographs, which were washed away by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Ofunato. Toru Hanai/ Reuters

MamaMima711 · Post time 4-3-2012 01:30 PM

rajinnya mrk tolong bersihkan...........

HaMiZiE · Post time 4-3-2012 03:44 PM

Photos... terutama gambar gambar yang capture insan insan tersayang akan senitasa memberi kesan kepada kita. Lagi lagi ler kalo gambar tersebut memaparkan insan insan tersayang yang dah lama pergi meninggalkan kita

awek_ganu · Post time 4-3-2012 10:42 PM

sedihnya...hanya foto yg menjadi pengubat rindu...{:4_227:}
sib baik diorg jenis suka cuci foto...kalu main save je kt pc @ pendrive rasanya x semua selamat,

pearl.silver · Post time 4-3-2012 11:16 PM

huhu...umh kampung dulu banjir,abes sume gambo2 knangan ternggelam..tahap tak boleh selamat dah..sayangnyeeeeeee

mrsT · Post time 5-3-2012 10:27 AM

kesian sangat..insan2 dlm gambar tu ntah yg idup lagi ker atau dah tak ada..tapi dia orang memang betul2 tabahlah..

mrsT · Post time 5-3-2012 10:29 AM

but tgk cara dia orang memang sistematik dlm pengumpulan semua barang mangsa..

Zaizenki · Post time 5-3-2012 11:06 AM

Kesian....

Ayu61279 · Post time 5-3-2012 12:30 PM

kagum betul dgn usaha depa ni.

bianglala · Post time 5-3-2012 01:34 PM

thumbs up untuk usaha diorang. selepas tsunami, hanya gambar akan jadi bukti dan kenangan. tentang manusia, tentang tempat tu. mungkin orang dalam gambar tu pun dah tak ada, dan tempat yang cantik-cantik dalam gambar tu pun dah tak wujud.