Chernobyl Legacy

If you're ready to face the depressing reality of Chernobyl's fallout, check out Paul Fusco's soundslides essay. (Warning: the link takes you to a page with sound)

The photos are amazing and he's a well-spoken person. I had no idea about the magnitude of the Chernobyl disaster, nor how the state dealt with the aftermath. What I don't care for are the interspersed text pages. I'm not down with the moving/overlapping text.

This is a moving piece of work that only someone with a generous heart could treat with such compassion.

Comments

[Mark]

I personally visited the Chernobyl area for two days in June 2006 with a friend and former resident of Pripyat. We toured the Chernobyl Plant (including the Reactor 4 control room), several of the abandoned villages, and Pripyat. I have posted a photo journal of my trip, titled "My Journey to Chernobyl: 20 Years After the Disaster" at:

http://www.chernobylee.com/articles/chernobyl/my-journey-to-chernobyl-1.php