I am very honored to have the opportunity to appear in the video, “Imagining Tomorrow IWATE” produced by Reconstruction Agency in Japan. As a foreign photographer living in Japan, I reported on the current reconstruction efforts in Iwate Prefecture 10 years after The Great East Japan Earthquake.

The Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, about ten years after moving from Canada to Okayama, here in Japan. Since the disaster, I have been very interested in documenting the human side of it as a photographer from overseas and, above all, as a person living in Japan. Every time I saw any related information, it made me want to visit the disaster area even more, talk directly with the local people, and get in touch with the “now” of the city.