Smallest Survivor From Tsunami

• Photographer
  Hiroto Sekiguchi, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  online
• Studio
  The Yomiuri Shimbun

A Japanese soldier smiles as he holds a rescued baby, Iroha Ishikawa, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Pref., 68 hours after tsunami flattened country's northeastern coastal city. Iroha, then just four months old, was taken to second floor of house by parents, Takatoshi and Yuki, both 41, when tsunami clashed and swept the first floor. They had been trapped inside the damaged, isolated house until rescue team arrived three days after.

• Biography
  Hiroto grew up in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and started his career as a photographer in 2007. He joined Staff Photographer of The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan. Hiroto has been honored with several awards, Konica Minolta Plaza FOTOPREMIO 2010 Special Award, Yonhap International Press Photo Awards 2011 Gold Prize, International Photography Awards 2011 Honorable Mention, Pictures of the Year International Impact 2011 Japan Earthquake Second Place, News Picture Story-Newspaper Third Place. His photos have also been exhibited in various galleries and international photo festivals, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Old Seoul Station Museum Koria, UN Headquaters New York, Fovea Exhibitions New York, Visa Pour l�image, Perpignan France 2011.
• Awards
  Born in 1984, Hiroto Sekiguchi is Japanese Photographer based in Tokyo. He started career as a photographer in 2005 at college. In 2007, he graduated Nihon University College of Art. He has been honored with several awards. In 2011, Gold Prize, Yonhap International Press Photo Award and Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards. In 2012, 2nd Place, Impact 2011 Japan Earthquake Category, and 3rd Place, News Picture Story Newspaper Category, Pictures of the Year International. 2nd Place, Natural Disaster Category and 3rd Place, Natural Disaster Picture Story Category, NPPA The Best of Photojournalism. Gold Prize, Natural Environmental Category and Gold Prize, Feature Story Category, Prix de la Photographie Paris.