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“The Riverbed” by Photographer Kentaro Takahashi

A lovely series about the uncertainty and ephemerality of life by Yokohama-born, Tokyo-based photographer Kentaro Takahashi. Grappling with the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 and inspired by a painting of the Tama River by Katsushika Hokusai, Takahashi’s long-term project attempts to capture something of contemporary Japanese society and the feelings people carry with them. See more images from “The Riverbed” below.
 

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