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Portfolio TitleNorth East Earthquake Disaster TSUNAMI 2011

Artist Kozo Miyoshi (Japanese, born 1947)

Date2011

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 15 3/4 x 19 9/16 inches (40.01 x 49.69 cm)
Sheet: 20 x 23 15/16 inches (50.8 x 60.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2012.17.86.1

SignedDated and signed on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "2011. [signature]"

InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom center, in pencil:"[Japanese Characters] #11. Kamaishi, Iwate"

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DescriptionImage of a large ship "ASIA SYMPHONY" with nose through concrete barricade next to road with houses lining the other side; masked man walking along road with tree lined hills above.Gallery Label

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This picture, taken in the coastal Japanese town of Minamisanriku, lays bare the damage wrought by a tsunami that devastated the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, 2011. The natural disaster killed tens of thousands, destroyed towns, and damaged a nuclear power plant in Fukushima. Photographer Kozo Miyoshi, who has drawn inspiration from this region for years, returned a few weeks after the event to photograph the damaged terrain. Miyoshi’s print is part of a portfolio memorializing the event and sold to raise money for its victims.

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