Becci Manson: (Re)touching lives through photos.Tsunami Damaged Photos Repaired By Volunteers Around the World

8/04/2012 ISO 1200 Magazine 0 Comments

In the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, mixed into the wreckage were lost and damaged photos of families and loved ones. Photo retoucher Becci Manson, together with local volunteers and a global group of colleagues she recruited online, helped clean and fix them, restoring those memories to their owners.

Source of this video with more information: abcnews.go.com

Credit: Courtesy of All Hands Volunteers

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Source: facebook.com/photorescuejapan

One of the most important parts of the Photo rescue project is helping the local volunteer centers hand clean the hundreds of thousands of lost photos that have been found and handed in.
I wanted to give a shout out to all the volunteers who have given their time to this task. And the 2 amazing team leaders Wynne and Craig who lead these teams.
Cleaning the photos gets off harmful bacteria and hopefully a lot of the dirt that cakes most of the photos. They are then ready for people to come and reclaim.
Last week a young lady found 7 photos that had been cleaned, she had come all the way from Tokyo, where she now lives, after loosing her home, her parents and her grand mother. (via facebook.com/photorescuejapan)