Silent Existence


  • Photographer
    Tetsugo Hyakutake
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Date of Photograph
    2011
  • Technical Info
    Archival Pigment Print

Japan has been suffering from the aftermath of the tremendous Earthquake and Tsunami that devastated vast areas in North Eastern Japan on March 11, 2011. The disaster was an immense shock to the nation, and the quake and tsunami laid waste to whole towns and villages along the Pacific coast. Confronted with the face of the devastated landscape I fell into silence. There was only my existence. Seeing birds flying in unprecedented devastation at dusk, the breeze of the sea wind and odd pungent smells suspended me into contemplation of the complexity between human existence and nature.

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