The following link will take you to a photographic essay by Paul Fusco. There is voice over by Mister Fusco with his photo essay. The images are in B&W and they are very powerful, they are moving, they are sad and they can be disturbing. They are of the legacy that the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl has left for the people and their children. Witness what radiation can do and witness what photography can do.
Chernobyl Legacy by Photographer Paul Fusco.
Unbelieveable.....
Posted by: Lori on April 27, 2006 09:11 AMStriking, yet extremely disturbing. Man often fails to think about the consequences of what he does. Hopefully, this will make people think. Probably not the people in charge of things, like nuclear power plants, unfortunately. I guess I'm not feeling very optimistic today.
Posted by: Becky on April 27, 2006 02:21 PMThe weird thing about Chernobyl is that it probably isn't the WORST disaster to befall the Soviet Union due to science and engineering being commandeered by know-nothings in government.
Out in Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan), where a nuclear test range operated before the fall of the Soviet Union, they have a lot more to deal with than one nuclear accident - they have almost 40 years of continuous aboveground and underground nuclear weapons tests to overcome. Pretty much the same kind of mutations and other health problems that Belarus is dealing with now, but on a larger scale.
Of course, we can't escape our own legacy in this area - thousands of US servicemen were irradiated back in the 1950s, basically just to see what would happen. When this kind of awesome energy is placed in the hands of politicians, the results are almost always stunningly bad.
Posted by: Steve-o on April 28, 2006 07:58 AM