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Distro - Tsunami Streetwalk 

Chris Steele-Perkins 

The earthquake and the following tsunami that wrecked the North East coast of Japan on March 11th inundating, destroying or damaging an area of about 470 Sq Kms of the coastal area, has rightly been considered the greatest problem the country has faced since World War 2.


As a photographer visiting the affected area, the immediate question was how could photography begin to give a sense of this extraordinary scale? The answer is that it cannot.

With these two images, Kamaishi Main Street and 1000 yards along Nainowaki Dori in Kesennuma, I have tried to convey, in some way, just how badly the... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KAMAISHI City. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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JAPAN. KESENNUMA. 2011. 

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