Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl on Vimeo
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Earlier this year I had the opportunity to visit Chernobyl whilst working for CBS News on a ’60 Minutes’ episode which aired on Nov. 23, 2014. Bob Simon is the correspondent. Michael Gavshon and David Levine, producers.
For the full story cbsnews.com/news/chernobyl-the-catastrophe-that-never-ended/
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Chernobyl is one of the most interesting and dangerous places I’ve been. The nuclear disaster, which happened in 1986 (the year after I was born), had and effect on so many people, including my family when we lived in Italy. I can’t imagine how terrifying it would have been for the hundreds of thousands of locals who evacuated.
During my stay, I met so many amazing people, one of which was my guide Yevgein, also known as a ’Stalker’. We spent the week together exploring Chernobyl and the nearby abandoned city of Prypiat. There was something serene, yet highly disturbing about this place. Time has stood still and there are memories of past happenings floating around us.
Armed with a camera and a dosimeter geiger counter I explored...
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Philippe Perchoc sur FB a vu cette vidéo et explique :
Après avoir lu quelques livres de Günther Anders, celui d’Alexievitch sur Tchernobyl, et maintenant cette vidéo, je me dis que nous sommes certainement fascinés par notre propre capacité à abîmer ce qui fait de nous une humanité, et à y donner une dimension esthétique terrifiante.
Non, Tchernobyl n’est pas un lieu quitté par les hommes pour laisser la nature reprendre ses droits, non ce n’est pas un parc d’attraction post-soviétique. Mais par contre, ce n’est pas seulement un passé, c’est aussi peut-être un futur.
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