Documenting the severe consequences of the human tragedy that unfolded in the so-called Fukushima "no-go zone" following the March 11, 2011, disaster is an undertaking that would evoke raw emotions under ordinary circumstances.
But for photographers Carlos Ayesta and Guillaume Bression, shining a light on those surroundings and the people whose lives were irreparably altered by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's triple meltdown through artwork touches a nerve in a way that other modes of media fail to convey.
Their photo exhibition entitled "Retrace Our Steps" is the outcome of five years of work in traveling to deserted towns in the 20-kilometer exclusion zone to document what has changed but most of all to tell a story without injecting political commentary about the consequences in the lives of the evacuees.