Chaskielberg captures the past through today’s ruins

Four years ago, this month, a relentless tsunami tore into the east coast of Japan triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and caused a major nuclear accident. One of the worst affected areas, due to its geographical characteristics, was Otsuchi, a fishing town in the north where a series of waves as high as 18 m destroyed 60% it.

Greatly moved by the tragedy, Argentinean photographer Alejandro Chaskielberg visited Otsuchi a year and a half later to study the consequences of the tsunami. A Japanese curator of one of his exhibitions helped him get in touch with his relatives and the affected community. Soon Chaskielberg's project 'Otsuchi Future Memories' was born...