honorable mention
pierpaolo mittica italy
title
Welcome to Chernobyl, The Atomic Luna Park
There are now dozens of tour operators from Kiev organizing the all-inclusive "Chernobyl tour”. Tourists come from all over the world and today tourism in this new Pompeii has become crucial. It helps the local economy, 15 thousand people per year are not for a few in an abandoned and interdict place. Chernobyl has become a major tourist attraction in Ukraine, people come here to do selfies, as in an amusement park. But Chernobyl is not a Luna Park, is a place of memory, where the most tragical nuclear accident occoured.
He studied with Charles – Henri Favrod, Naomi Rosenblum and Walter Rosenblum, who is his spiritual father in photography. His photographs were exhibited in all Europe and United States and published in Italian and international newspapers and magazines among them: l'Espresso, Alias del Manifesto, Vogue Italia, Repubblica, Panorama, Il Sole 24 ore, Photomagazine, Daylight Magazine, Japan Days International, Asahi Shinbum, The Telegraph, The Guardian.
In 2006 the work “Chernobyl the hidden legacy” was selected by the Chernobyl National Museum of Kiev (Ukraine) for the official exhibition for the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
He is specialized in ecological issues, he documented the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, Fukushima and Mayak.
Permanent collections
Fratelli Alinari Museum, Florence (Italy)
Chernobyl National Museum, Kiev (The Ukraine)
Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (Sweden)
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (USA)
Books
“The Balkans, from Bosnia to Kosovo”, Interattiva, Italy 2000
“Chernobyl la herencia oculta”, Ellago ediciones, Spain 2006
“Chernobyl the hidden legacy”, Trolley LTD, Great Britain 2007
"Cip is not Afraid", CRO - CRAF, Italy 2010
"Chernobyl 20 years after", Kashiwa Shobo, Japan 2011
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entry description
From 2011, the year that the Ukrainian government has opened the doors of the exclusion zone to the visits of tourists, about 15 thousand people per year cross the border of radiation.There are now dozens of tour operators from Kiev organizing the all-inclusive "Chernobyl tour”. Tourists come from all over the world and today tourism in this new Pompeii has become crucial. It helps the local economy, 15 thousand people per year are not for a few in an abandoned and interdict place. Chernobyl has become a major tourist attraction in Ukraine, people come here to do selfies, as in an amusement park. But Chernobyl is not a Luna Park, is a place of memory, where the most tragical nuclear accident occoured.
about the photographer
Italian humanist photographer, is recipient of more than 40 awards and in 2013 was finalist at Eugene Smith Grant.He studied with Charles – Henri Favrod, Naomi Rosenblum and Walter Rosenblum, who is his spiritual father in photography. His photographs were exhibited in all Europe and United States and published in Italian and international newspapers and magazines among them: l'Espresso, Alias del Manifesto, Vogue Italia, Repubblica, Panorama, Il Sole 24 ore, Photomagazine, Daylight Magazine, Japan Days International, Asahi Shinbum, The Telegraph, The Guardian.
In 2006 the work “Chernobyl the hidden legacy” was selected by the Chernobyl National Museum of Kiev (Ukraine) for the official exhibition for the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
He is specialized in ecological issues, he documented the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, Fukushima and Mayak.
Permanent collections
Fratelli Alinari Museum, Florence (Italy)
Chernobyl National Museum, Kiev (The Ukraine)
Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (Sweden)
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (USA)
Books
“The Balkans, from Bosnia to Kosovo”, Interattiva, Italy 2000
“Chernobyl la herencia oculta”, Ellago ediciones, Spain 2006
“Chernobyl the hidden legacy”, Trolley LTD, Great Britain 2007
"Cip is not Afraid", CRO - CRAF, Italy 2010
"Chernobyl 20 years after", Kashiwa Shobo, Japan 2011
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