Tag: earthquake

• Japan Earthquake: 1891 Mino-Owari Earthquake

  

  Early last year I decided to do a little research and find out more about earthquakes in Japan. I was quite surprised to discover that the strongest inland earthquake ever recorded in Japan was little more than an hours drive from my home. The 1891 Mino-Owari Earthquake (also known as the Great Nōbi Earthquake 濃尾地震) […]

  Sean

  January 3, 2013

  documentary, Gifu, Japan, Photography

  1891, 美濃尾張地震, earthquake, Mino-Owari earthquake, Neodani, 地震, 日本, 根尾谷

• Photography: March 11th Earthquake

  

  Last time I wrote about a photography project I was starting on foreign refugees in Japan, especially the Nagoya area. I started shooting it properly on the 11th March – 10 minutes after the earthquake hit Tohoku. I planned to meet Moses, a Ugandan refugee, at 2.45 in central Nagoya. The earthquake hit at 2.46. […]

  Sean

  April 1, 2011

  Photography

  2011, asylum seekers, earthquake, Nagoya, 名古屋