Deadzone Tourism from Frazer Waller on Vimeo.
This is a test slideshow of a current project I have been working on. I visited the Deadzone in Chernobyl just north of Kiev whilst on a trip across Europe by train. I have always been curious about visiting the area and after seeing a talk by a friend Marcus Armstrong made me realise I needed a reason to go that could help the people that were effected and not go just because of a personal curiosity. I wanted to investigate how the area was turning into a tourist destination and hoped to get into the area to meet with locals and talk with them and also to get into the deadzone to document the flow of busses going in each day full with tourists. Due to time restriction, I had to book a tour myself to get into the zone so documented this from the point of view of a tourist.
After being in the area felt I wouldn't return again and the initial idea behind these images were test shots to then return and achieve what I wanted to do if I had more time to spend in the area. I have recently met with a lady in my local area that works with this charity Chernobyl Relief and so may return to the area again at some point to carry on the documentation ?
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