Blue Rubber Gloves

‘Nothing can prepare you to witness this’
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Pref. — It’s a relatively minor incident that gets me. I’m at a gymnasium in central Ishinomaki photographing members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) as they unload dozens of corpses from a truck. Each is wrapped in blankets, some with flowery designs far too cheerful for this occasion. There is only one stretcher available, so the process is painfully slow. The …

Published Mar 19, 2011.
Read more: The Japan Times

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