Becci Manson: (Re)touching lives through photos
ベッキー・マンソン: 写真修復を通じて人々の人生に触れる
After the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Becci Manson and her volunteer colleagues cleaned and restored hundreds of damaged photos. Full bio
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写真加工技師をしていました
写真加工技師をしていました
完璧な肌をさらに完璧に
家々の修理や再建に向けて
掃除を手伝っていました
掃除を手伝っていました
少女の顔の水に濡れた部分は
このプロジェクトの大きな仕事でした
さらに破損しかねません
閉まっているか見回り中でした
閉まっているか見回り中でした
水辺に向かって行ったのです
人の絆そして愛する人の思い出です
人の絆そして愛する人の思い出です
写真に映った一人一人の物語に
全ての世代の女性が
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Becci Manson - Photo RetoucherAfter the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Becci Manson and her volunteer colleagues cleaned and restored hundreds of damaged photos.
Why you should listen
Becci Manson flew to Tōhoku, Japan after the 2011 disaster, determined to help with cleanup and rebuilding.
As she writes: "During those 3 weeks of digging ditches and gutting homes I discovered vast amounts of photos that had been found and handed into evacuation centers. The photos were dirty, wet and homeless. As I spent my first day hand-cleaning them, I couldnt help but think how easy it would be for me, my colleagues and my friends to fix some of them. So we did."
She spent the next 6 months organizing a worldwide network of volunteer retouchers, restoring these photos and training local All Hands volunteer teams to hand-clean the photos handed in to local authorities. These teams have restored hundreds and hand-cleaned well over 100,000 photos.
Since the project in Tōhoku, Manson and her team has begun similar cleaning and retouching projects in Prattsville, NY after Hurricane Irene, and in Binghamton, NY after Tropical Storm Lee.
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