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acrylic on canvas, 2016, 70 x 100 cm
"Mesdames et messieurs, je reste fondamentalement persuadé que la situation d'exclusion que certains d'entre vous connaissent, doit nous amener au choix réellement impératif d'un avenir s'orientant vers plus de progrès et plus de justice"(homme politique inconnu)
"Je tiens à vous dire ici ma détermination sans faille pour clamer haut et fort que la situation d'exclusion que certains d'entre vous connaissent, conforte mon désir incontestable d'aller dans le sens d'une restructuration dans laquelle chacun pourra enfin retrouver sa dignité"(autre soldat politique inconnu)
ce n'est pas "seulement" le rejet de l'autre, différent, étrange, étranger, lointain. C'est aussi l'exclusion de proches, de semblables, avec l'exploitation du thème d'un supposé ennemi intérieur, infiltré, insidieusement, afin de créer une peur et une suspicion générales
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VLA57 LJ04LFM seen at Gants Hill working on route 128 towards Claybury Broadway.
After almost a year working on school bus route 690, this finally excludes itself being transferred to Barking as of today.
Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona (Spain).
Eco-SortidazZ Sant Adrià de Besòs (S.O.S. Paisajes del Mar) [08/05/2009].
Sometimes we are excluded because we don't think like the others.
A veces se nos excluye por no pensar como los demás.
I've just recently watched a Youtube video showing "10 most secret places on the earth." I did not expect to find out that I have already been to one of them: The Duga III radarsystem in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. I watched videos of people even climbing it, ([un]fortunately) i did not do that, as I tried not to touch anything in the exclusion zone, in order to protect myself from radiation. Still, it must have been a thrilling experience to climb up 90 degrees ladders up to a maximum height of 150 meters above the ground.
The Duga was a Soviet over-the-horizon (OTH) radar system used as part of the Soviet missile defense early-warning radar network. The system operated in times of the cold war, to give warning in case of a missile launched by the United States. (Usually, I'm not interested in history, but Chernobyl is an exclusion (pun intended)). The other two operational Duga radars were deployed, one near Chernobyl and Chernihiv in the Ukrainian SSR (present-day Ukraine), the other in eastern Siberia. The Duga systems were extremely powerful and appeared without any warning, sounding like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise at 10 Hz, which led to it being nicknamed by shortwave listeners the Russian Woodpecker. Actually, it sounds more like a helicopter though. Anyway, when I was there, it was not operational. Luckily!
Just look at the first and see yourself how huge this structure is. It's like one half of the Eiffel tower's height. Massive!
According to the National Education Association an estimated 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students.
Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. Adult intervention in these cases occurs only 4% of the time.
This sucks ! IMHO.
Shot during my 2-day trip in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Sony a6000 converted to full-spectrum, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DN, 590nm #Infrared filter.
Pripyat is a ghost town in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus.
The City had a population of 49,360 before beeing evacuated, on the afternoon of April 27, 1986, the day after the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster.
Shot during my 2-day trip in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Sony a6000 converted to full-spectrum, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DN, 590nm #Infrared filter.
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A while back I finally fulfilled one of my long time dreams: to photograph the Chernobyl exclusion zone. It is just overwhelming feeling to wonder around the streets of ghost town, once so vivid and modern town home for 50 000 people. What is left now is nothing more than your thoughts of how quickly the nature can take over once the people are gone. And the nature is thriving.
Special thanks to my amazing guide @private_chernobyl_guide (private-chernobyl.guide/) for showing all the good stuff. If you ever happen to be in the neighborhood, he is the man to get if photographing this amazing location is in your interests.
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The iconic "Gas mask carpet" in School number 3.
Previous set of Pripyat here www.flickr.com/photos/timster1973/sets/72157643944616235/
Previous set of education buildings here www.flickr.com/photos/timster1973/sets/72157645549232264/
Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has a special status within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: mirnyj atom) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
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The village of Zalissya in the 30km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was abandoned in May 1986, but the memorial to World War Two is still lovingly tended. This village is on the main road between the main 30km Exclusion Zone checkpoint at Dytiatky and Chornobyl town itself, so is very frequently visited by tourists.
Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Ukraine
May 8, 2018
Off in the distance (center) you can see Reactor #4 where the meltdown happened back in April 1986.
Pripyat (Ukrainian: При́п'ять, translit. Pryp"jat' [ˈprɪpjɑtʲ] is a ghost town in northern Ukraine, near the Ukraine-Belarus border.
Named after the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, as the ninth nuclear city (a type of closed city) in the Soviet Union, to serve the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 by the time it was evacuated, on the afternoon of 27 April 1986, the day after the Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has the status of city of oblast significance within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is on fire and radiation levels are spiking! These fires release radiation that was previously locked away in the soil, leaves and wood of the forests around the 30-kilometre Chernobyl exclusion zone. For short periods it has become relatively safe to wander around these forests again, that changes dramatically when a fire starts beginning of April 2020.
The environmental conditions around Chernobyl are not fully understood, but a 1996 paper in the journal Science of the Total Environment showed that key radiation-carrying elements — cesium, iodine and chlorine — can get picked up by plants and animals in the region and end up in ash when they burn. At this Moment Chernobyl is still on fire!
This Picture of an old abandoned Firetruck was taken in the Exclusion Zone 2 Years Ago.
Previous set of Pripyat here www.flickr.com/photos/timster1973/sets/72157643944616235/
Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has a special status within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: mirnyj atom) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
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Nikon D200
Obj. Nikkor 24-70 f:2,8
F:70 mm
f: 11
Vel: 1/250 s
Flashes: Elinchrom RX 600 (2) + Nikon SB-900
This abandoned kindergarden was one of the zones with higher radioactivity in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. We were only allowed to stay in there for 10 minutes. Our wildly beeping dosimeters ensured we don't forget about the time.
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An abandoned office inside a building at the abandoned Duga Radar inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
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Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
May 2018
"Duga (Russian: Дуга́) was a Soviet over-the-horizon radar (OTH) system used as part of the Soviet missile defense early-warning radar network. The system operated from July 1976 to December 1989. Two operational Duga radars were deployed, one near Chernobyl and Chernihiv in the Ukrainian SSR (present-day Ukraine), the other in eastern Siberia.
The Duga systems were extremely powerful, over 10 MW in some cases, and broadcast in the shortwave radio bands. They appeared without warning, sounding like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise at 10 Hz repetition rate, which led to it being nicknamed by shortwave listeners the Russian Woodpecker. The random frequency hops disrupted legitimate broadcasts, amateur radio operations, oceanic commercial aviation communications, and utility transmissions, resulting in thousands of complaints by many countries worldwide. The signal became such a nuisance that some receivers such as amateur radios and televisions actually began including 'Woodpecker Blankers' in their circuit designs in an effort to filter out the interference.
The unclaimed signal was a source for much speculation, giving rise to theories such as Soviet mind control and weather control experiments. However, because of its distinctive transmission pattern, many experts and amateur radio hobbyists quickly realized it to be an over-the-horizon radar system. NATO military intelligence had already given it the reporting name STEEL WORK or STEEL YARD. While the amateur radio community was well aware of the system, this theory was not publicly confirmed until after the fall of the Soviet Union."
Previous set of Pripyat here www.flickr.com/photos/timster1973/sets/72157643944616235/
Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has a special status within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: mirnyj atom) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
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