Produced by Cam Wrigley a  freelance photographer living in Nanaimo, Canada.

Cam Wrigley’s Words:

‘I travelled to Japan in May of 2011 to witness the aftermath of the tsunami that devestated the Tohoku region on March 11th, and to hear the personal stories of those who were affected by it.

By the time I left for Japan, more than two months had passed since the earthquake. In Canada, news of the Japanese disaster was limited to infrequent reports on the progress (or lack thereof) being made at the Fukushima nuclear plant. It bothered me that the plight of the thousands of displaced people in other areas was largely being ignored in the mainstream media.

This was my first documentary project. It was the most challenging thing I’ve done in my life, but I was inspired by the resilience, dignity, and kindness I witnessed in the shelters and by the people involved in the recovery effort.’

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Jeff Wall was one of the first photographers to really inspire me. In 2006 I visited the Tate Modern in London to see a retrospective of his photographic work. To this day I remeber the moment I felt that I had discovered photography for the the first time, his work gave me a new respect for the art form.  

View more of his work and read some of his essays at MoMA.org

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