The Long Shadow of Chernobyl

By: Ludwig, Gerd

Opening with an essay by Mikhail Gorbachev, the last head of state of the Soviet Union, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, this is a deeply personal journey into a landscape forever changed.

National Geographic photographer Gerd Ludwig, made nine visits to Chernobyl over a period of 20 years; this is his powerful record of an environmental and human tragedy. Through the perspective of the victims living with the emotional and physical aftermath,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3901753664
• ISBN13: 9783901753664
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Edition Lammerhuber
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 6.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 13.0" x 11.8"