In de nasleep van de aardbeving en tsunami in Japan in 2011, werden temidden van de ravage kwijtgeraakte en beschadigde foto's van families en dierbaren gevonden.
Fotoretoucheur Becci Manson hielp, samen met locale vrijwilligers en een groep collega's van over de hele wereld, die ze online bij elkaar kreeg, bij de schoonmaak en restauratie, zodat de eigenaars hun herinneringen terugkregen.

Becci Manson: (Re)toucheren van levens door foto's.

After the 2011 tsunami in Japan, thousands of family photos were left damaged and abandoned amid the rubble. Volunteers built a worldwide network to clean and digitally restore over 135,000 photographs, giving families back lost memories. For many survivors, receiving a restored photo was more meaningful than recovering any object. The project also gave retouchers a renewed sense of purpose, shifting their skills from perfecting models to preserving moments of humanity.

Restoring Memories Proves More Powerful Than Restoring Things

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Becci Manson: Becci Manson: (Re)toucheren van levens door foto's.