As a photographer I am very hesitant to take pictures of people that I don’t know. Perhaps that is why I am not very good at it and keep on taking aim at nature and man made objects.

Still I had the opportunity to meet with extraordinary people during my trip to Ishinomaki at the beginning of April 2011.

I want share my impressions of the moments I was allowed to share in life of people in the north east of Japan, shortly after the tsunami.