The Invisible Nest, Life in Chernobyl

I had a different idea about what Chernobyl was before going there. When the nuclear reactor exploded on 26 April 1986, Chernobyl, as a city, has been redefined as "the worst nuclear disaster in history." With disasters, there are terrrifying facts, figures and opinions. How much radiation was released, the countries it affected, politics, the people evacuated, long term health effects and death.

But going there, there are things which simply cannot be measured. Language contributes even more to the barrier of attempting to understand how people feel, if that were possible. Chernobyl has been recaptured by nature, trees flourish while empty man-made structures slowly fall apart. There are reminders of what people have gone through in the last two decades, psychologically, emotionally, but I can't quite explain it, only that I see this in their faces.

Life goes on in Chernobyl. It's been damaged, but it's home for those who have stayed, and those who have returned.

- Jean Paolo Ty

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• chernobyl
• antonin kratochvil
• photography
• documentary
• essay

[jbwu2b]

Wonderful.

[Dragosani69]

Great video!