Pictures of the Day: Japan and Elsewhere

The New York Times series by Hiroto Sekiguchi shows the hardship Japan is currently going through due to the recent disasters that have occurred. “In Onagawa, in northern Japan, Yoshikatsu Hiratsuka grieved in front of the place where his mother was buried under wreckage from last week’s tsunami.” This image shows emotional Hiratsuka crying over the loss of his mother. Sekiguchi’s image shows not only Hiratsuka's stuggles but the struggle all Japan ‘s citizens are currently going through even those here in the US and around the world.

The photo depicts Yoshikatsu Hiratsuka, a Japanese man kneeling on the snow covered ground surrounded by debris from the tsunami that hit his home country of Japan. Hiratsuka is crying in front of his mother’s current place of burial. The emotion on his face is a strong reminder of the disasters that have occurred throughout the country. The hardship that each resident and Japanese native is going through is being shown through Hiratsuka’s tears.

Hiroto Sekiguchi’s photograph grabs my attention because it is so recent and very serious. Thousands of people have been displaced and an alarming amount of citizens have died. Other pictures in this series are not as affective as Hiratsuka’s, mainly because there is no emotion being displayed in any other person’s face throughout the rest of the series.