<strong>Evocative images:</strong> Photographer <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnigelwalshephotography%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Nigel Walshe</a> visited Chernobyl in 2017. He took a series of evocative images in Pripyat.
Evocative images: Photographer Nigel Walshe visited Chernobyl in 2017. He took a series of evocative images in Pripyat.
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<strong>Respectful shots:</strong> Tourists to Chernobyl have been thrown into the spotlight recently with claims that visitors have been taken inappropriate photographs. Walshe felt it was important to take respectful shots.
Respectful shots: Tourists to Chernobyl have been thrown into the spotlight recently with claims that visitors have been taken inappropriate photographs. Walshe felt it was important to take respectful shots.
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<strong>Morals of photography: </strong>Walshe trusted his instincts in regards to working out what he was comfortable to photograph and how.
Morals of photography: Walshe trusted his instincts in regards to working out what he was comfortable to photograph and how.
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<strong>Location-lead: </strong>"You can see that people hardly figure in the photographs," he tells CNN Travel.
Location-lead: "You can see that people hardly figure in the photographs," he tells CNN Travel.
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<strong>Objekt:</strong> This photograph is of an abandoned Soviet radar missile tracking station: "It is nearly half a mile long, and 200 feet high," says Walshe. "It will have to be dismantled by hand, as it cannot be allowed to collapse, or be blown up with explosives."
Objekt: This photograph is of an abandoned Soviet radar missile tracking station: "It is nearly half a mile long, and 200 feet high," says Walshe. "It will have to be dismantled by hand, as it cannot be allowed to collapse, or be blown up with explosives."
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<strong>Rejecting intrusion</strong>: "I also reject the common, but highly intrusive way in which people are often included in pictures of 'dark' scenes, almost as props, to add some 'human interest,'" says Walshe.
Rejecting intrusion: "I also reject the common, but highly intrusive way in which people are often included in pictures of 'dark' scenes, almost as props, to add some 'human interest,'" says Walshe.
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<strong>Individual shots:</strong> Walshe says his images are intended to "speak for themselves, without explanations, theorizing or even titles."
Individual shots: Walshe says his images are intended to "speak for themselves, without explanations, theorizing or even titles."
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<strong>Evocative images:</strong> Walshe took haunting photographs of an abandoned high school with discarded exercise books.
Evocative images: Walshe took haunting photographs of an abandoned high school with discarded exercise books.
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<strong>Exclusion Zone</strong>: Chernobyl and nearby abandoned city Pripyat have been visited by tourists since the Exclusion Zone opened up to visitors in 2011.
Exclusion Zone: Chernobyl and nearby abandoned city Pripyat have been visited by tourists since the Exclusion Zone opened up to visitors in 2011.
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<strong>Recent popularity</strong>: Prompted in part by the launch of popular HBO mini series "Chernobyl" -- travel interest in the Ukrainian site has grown in recent weeks.
Recent popularity: Prompted in part by the launch of popular HBO mini series "Chernobyl" -- travel interest in the Ukrainian site has grown in recent weeks.
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