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LinkyPost - Irradiated Japan
Dec. 28th, 2011 11:57 amETA Server is having problems. Try this link or go to http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ and browse from there.
This set of photos from the Boston Globe's Big Picture feature shows Japan's nuclear exclusion zone. It may well be one of the most powerful set of images I've seen in quite some time. The photos of the disaster and immediate aftermath were powerful, but this set captures a sense of desolation and ruin that the "in the moment" images did not. When you add to this, the knowledge that the animals captured on film and many of the people will likely be dead soon, and in a very unpleasant manner.
I have great admiration for Leo Hoshi and Kei Asanuma who are likely giving their lives to make the inevitable passing of strangers' pets somewhat less painful.
I am also oddly jealous of David Guttenfelder, the photographer who captured all of these images. I have a phobia about radiation poisoning, but to have the opportunity to explore that area and collect images like that... it's a one in a lifetime event.
A life changing, heartbreaking once in a lifetime event.
This set of photos from the Boston Globe's Big Picture feature shows Japan's nuclear exclusion zone. It may well be one of the most powerful set of images I've seen in quite some time. The photos of the disaster and immediate aftermath were powerful, but this set captures a sense of desolation and ruin that the "in the moment" images did not. When you add to this, the knowledge that the animals captured on film and many of the people will likely be dead soon, and in a very unpleasant manner.
I have great admiration for Leo Hoshi and Kei Asanuma who are likely giving their lives to make the inevitable passing of strangers' pets somewhat less painful.
I am also oddly jealous of David Guttenfelder, the photographer who captured all of these images. I have a phobia about radiation poisoning, but to have the opportunity to explore that area and collect images like that... it's a one in a lifetime event.
A life changing, heartbreaking once in a lifetime event.
