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The Wave — In Memoriam with Richard Collasse, Chairman of the Board of CHANEL Japan [ENG>JP]

Date: 9/18 Time: 11:00 -12:30

Venue: QUESTION building, 4F Community Steps
ONLINE & with limited live audience

Join us as Richard Collasse guides us through his journey in Tohoku. Taking the initiative one month after the disaster occurred he visited the region and voluntarily started a make-up service for women affected by the tragedy. During this mission, Collasse captured the destruction of the coastal areas. His novel L’ocean dans la riziere was based on this trip, published in March 2012 in France, a testimonial about the trials of the Tohoku residents. During the talk images and stories not shown in the exhibition will be shared, recounting the stories that inspired The Wave and subsequent exhibition.

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Richard Collasse
Born in France in 1953. Chairman of the Board of CHANEL Japan. Since first coming to Japan in 1971, Richard Collasse has become intimately familiar with Japanese culture, publishing six novels in Japan and five in France. In addition to creating his own photographic works, he has contributed to the development of photographic culture in many ways, including supporting KYOTOGRAPHIE from its inception and creating an art space CHANEL’s main building in Tokyo to hold photography-related programs. One month after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, he visited Tohoku and voluntarily started a make-up service for women called “Smile in Tohoku.” Collasse always carries a camera with him, and he captured the wasteland and sorrow of the Tohoku coastal areas. In March 2012 he published the novel Waves, a testimonial about the trials of the Tohoku residents based on photographs he took and stories he was told by people at the scene of the disaster. This exhibition is a fusion of Collasse’s writing and photography.

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