Chernobyl
Photostory about the district of Chernobyl, Ukraine. The aftermath of the great disaster in 1986 still affects the nature and the local people living there.
Published in Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen.
An elderly woman playing an accordion while a small dog sits on a table nearby in a cozy room.
A kitchen or dining area with sheer curtains on two windows, a table with assorted items including a banana, an apple, and a ceramic teapot, and a wall decorated with a religious icon, a calendar, and two clocks.
An abandoned Ferris wheel with yellow cabins, rusted and missing some parts, situated in a desolate area with leafless trees under a clear blue sky.
An abandoned, dusty room with debris, broken furniture, and a rusty toy truck on the floor.
Rusted, abandoned metal bucket and debris on a dusty floor with peeling paint walls in the background.
An abandoned indoor sports gymnasium with peeling paint, broken floorboards, and debris scattered across the floor. The walls are distressed and there is a basketball hoop in the background. A faded sign with Russian words is visible along the upper wall.
Colorful religious ceiling mural portraying Jesus Christ surrounded by angels, with other biblical figures and symbols, inside a church or chapel.
An old, dusty, and torn book or document with handwritten text in Russian, partially faded, lying open on a surface. The pages appear aged and damaged.
An abandoned building with a rusty roof and broken windows, overgrown with dry bushes and trees, and a faded yellow sign with Cyrillic text on top.
An old, abandoned hotel building with missing windows and a sign in Cyrillic script on top. The building appears to be in disrepair, with leafless trees and debris around it under a clear blue sky.
A dog stepping out of a dilapidated building with a rusty door and broken glass, surrounded by rubble.
Old, abandoned television sets stacked on wooden shelves, some broken and discolored.
An abandoned classroom with a green-framed chalkboard, a wooden desk with scattered papers, and aged walls with cracked paint. World War II and communist-era posters and portraits are on the walls, including a black-and-white photo of a man and political quotes in Russian.
An old, abandoned brick house with broken windows and a closed front door, overgrown with leafless trees and tangled branches.
An abandoned, dusty room with a broken school desk and scattered papers, books, and debris on the floor.
An abandoned classroom with dusty desks covered in newspapers, old chairs, and lab equipment scattered on the floor. A green chalkboard and a barred door are visible in the background.