Picturing the Invisible — Makoto Takahashi (ed.)

Published in memory of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, Picturing the Invisible explores life after the catastrophe that shook Japan. Many areas remain uninhabitable, and over 35,000 people still cannot return home.

works by Takashi Arai, Rebecca Bathory, Thom Davies, Masamichi Kagaya and Satoshi Mori, Yoi Kawakubo, Giles Price, and Lieko Shiga / texts by Prof. Sheila Jasanoff | Dr. Peter Wynn Kirby | Prof. Jacques Lochard | Dr. Robert Macfarlane | Prof. Maxime Polleri | Dr. Hisako Sakiyama | Prof. Richard Samuels | Prof. Kyoko Sato | Aileen Mioko Smith | Dr. Brigitte Steger | Prof. Mikihito Tanaka | Sir David Warren | Prof. Kohei Watanabe and Prof. Brian Wynne.

Published in memory of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, ‘Picturing the Invisible’ explores the realities of life in the wake of this seismic event, which shook Japan to its core. Even today, vast swathes of land remain uninhabitable. More than 35,000 people are unable to return to their homes, and many more choose not to, concerned that life in Fukushima may not be as safe as the government claims. Edited by Makoto Takahashi, the book brings together seven photographers working in the affected territories: Takashi Arai, Rebecca Bathory, Thom Davies, Masamichi Kagaya and Satoshi Mori, Yoi Kawakubo, Giles Price, and Lieko Shiga.