Introducing a new photo series covering an amazing trip to Chernobyl and Pripyat in October 2017. A trip I will never forget. While making pictures you soak up the atmosphere of a living story, a modern day Pompeii. A ghost town overtaken by nature, beautiful scenery with a dark history. Today part one, in black & white.
Once the most expensive city in the Soviet Union, Pripyat (Ukraine) was abandoned ~32 years ago because of the Chernobyl accident, which caused radiation to cover the city. Pripyat was located just 3km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Almost 50,000 people had to be evacuated quickly. Therefore all things remained in their places. The town is still there and looks incredibly creepy, especially at night.
The city features in a lot of video games, horror movies, and documentaries, and for the right reasons so. The nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant made it a ghost town. Stepping into offers an unforgettable and eerie experience. I want to showcase my photography taken during a trip to this town and its surroundings. Come venture into the unknown with me and see if you can survive the dangers of Pripyat, while the streets are stalked by ghosts according to some legends....
All photography in this article is original and mine
