Chernobyl

? On April 26, 1986, at 1:24 a.m, the world?s worst ever man-made disaster tookplace. Reactor 4 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, was beset by a series ofexplosions that rose deep from its radioactive depths and blasted itself high into theatmosphere, eventually seeping its way into the far corners of the globe.? Chernobyl in 2008, 22 years later, has become a half-global legend and half-forgottenhorror story. Many people have returned to the contaminated areas they still call home.? Since then birth defects and various other pathologies, especially thyroid cancer,have afflicted the population.? Chernobyl ? The Hidden Legacy shows the region over a period of four years byPierpaolo Mittica, who returned several times to document the people and thecontaminated landscape they still inhabit. It shows that the horrors of Chernobyl, andits legacy, are still anything but forgotten.? Chernobyl is not the past, Cherobyl is not history, Chernobyl is the beginningPierpaolo Mittica, a dentist by profession, completed his first project of socialreportage in Sarajevo in 1997, and since then went on to produce his first publishedwork on Kosovo in 1999. Dr Rosalie Bertell, was recently selected to be one of the1000 Peace Women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, 2005. Biometrician andenvironmental epidemiologist, she works for the victims or potential victims ofindustrial, technological and military pollution. Dr. Naomi Rosenblum is an eminenthistorian, author and pioneer in the field of photography. In 1998, Naomi and herhusband Walter were awarded the Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement at theInternational Center of Photography