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Exhibition - Chernobyl Legacy 

Paul Fusco 

In 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine a nuclear reactor exploded blasting 160 tons of radioactive ash into storm winds that swept across Belarus poisoning 25% of the population and land and water. 21 years after that explosive catastrophe the awful legacy can be seen in the surviving immediate victims and now, thousands more who were born with radiation caused deformities and diseases, and forever more , those who continue to build up a dangerous levels of radiation in their bodies from the food they eat and the water they drink.

Chernobyl Legacy commemorates the 21st anniversary of the disaster and... 

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UKRAINE. Chernobyl. 1997. "The Sarcophagus" Nuclear Plant Station... 

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UKRAINE. Prypiat. 1997. Abandoned housing that was built to service... 

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UKRAINE. Chernobyl. Workers at the nuclear energy station tend... 

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BELARUS. Chernobyl area. 2000. Fire Captain Ivan Shavre was in... 

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BELARUS. Maiski. 1997. Nikolai Yanchen, one of 600,000 liquidators... 

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BELARUS. Narovla. 2000. Sasha Petrushenko, a conscripted liquidator,... 

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BELARUS. Maiski. Village women harvest potatoes grown in contaminated... 

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BELARUS. Maiskey Village. 2000. This potato field is near the... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Children's Cancer Hospital. Maria, 9 years old,... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Children's Cancer Hospital. Family members stay... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. A young boy shrieks while... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Novinki Asylum. 2000. Two young boys find comfort... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. This young man is restrained... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. This boy seems to live... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. After breakfast these boys... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. A hydrosyhalic child surrounded... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. These boys are unable to... 

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"BELARUS. 1997. Children's Home #1, Minsk. An attendent bathes... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Children's Home #1. This hospital receives many... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Children's Home #1. A nurse holds a 2 1/2 yr.... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Children's Home #1. This hospital receives many... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Children's Cancer Hospital, Minsk. A mother with... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Children's Cancer Hospital, Minsk. Mother and... 

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BELARUS. Gonel. Intensive therapy Hemotology Unit at the Gonel... 

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BELARUS. 2000. Aleysa was stricken with Leukemia when she was... 

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BELARUS. Gomel. Intensive Care Unit of Gomel Hospital. 2000.... 

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BELARUS. Gonel. Intensive therapy Hemotology Unit at the Gonel... 

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BELARUS. Gonel. Intensive therapy Hemotology Unit at the Gonel... 

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BELARUS. Gonel. Intensive therapy Hemotology Unit at the Gonel... 

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BELARUS. Gomel. Intensive Care Unit of Gomel Hospital. 2000.... 

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BELARUS. Gomel. Intensive Care Unit of Gomel Hospital. 2000.... 

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BELARUS. Gomel. Intensive Care Unit of Gomel Hospital. 2000.... 

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BELARUS. Gonel. Intensive therapy Hemotology Unit at the Gonel... 
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