Repliques (French text)

In response to the devastating earthquake on 11 March 2011 in Japan, a series of the twelve photographers speak of reconstruction and reinterrogate the status of the medium: from the daguerreotype to photomontage, via serial presentations, in the form of contact sheets or composite panoramic images. A double introduction by the two editorial directors and three texts (in French) evoking the events of the earthquake accompany this visual corpus. On March 11, 2011, an earthquake of unprecedented magnitude devastated the northeast coast of Japan. This catastrophe will shock and question a new generation of photographers: how can images convey a nightmarish reality? What role should the photographer play? How can we evoke the trauma, but also rehabilitation and reconstruction? How can radioactivity be made visible?This collective book, edited by Philippe Seclier and Amada Marina, tackles these questions through the work of twelve photographers, whose practice was totally reconsidered after the tragedy. The result is images showing the desolation of the site, the displacement of populations and social discrimination caused by the nuclear accident, artistic gestures that reveal signs of resistance and resilience.