In honour of Chernobyl 25 years on
Chernobyl was my Big Story: it was my life for a while. But it must fascinate any PR. It has it all: crisis communication, reputation management, single-issue campaigners and misleading media reporting.
To satisfy that interest, over the next few months (the 25th anniversary of the disaster is on April 26) I shall share what I’ve learned from my time at Chernobyl and the rest of my 20 years as a PR putting the record straight. There’s much to say. Not only will Chernobyl NPP and its exclusion zones become major tourist attractions this year, the industry is set for a modest global recovery. But I’ll come back to all that. Meanwhile, here’s some pictures highlighting Chernobyl’s iconic status taken (by Richard D North) on a trip I organised in 2006:
A birth defect attributed to Chernobyl (perhaps wrongly): Chernobyl Museum, Kiev
Farm horse in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone
Chernobyl village abandoned house
Slavutych Hospital: in the new town built after the disaster
A birth defect attributed to Chernobyl (perhaps wrongly): Chernobyl Museum, Kiev
Pripyat: the abandoned City that once housed 30 000
Refuseniks Farming illegally in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone river...
Chernobyl Reactor 4 after it blew its top (this is not by RDN)
The half-completed Unit 5: frozen as was in 1986
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station Canteen, 2006
Model of Inside of Exploded Reactor 4
Abandoned Exclusion Zone house
Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Manager, Mr. Gramotkin, 2006
The Sarcophagus, 2006
Chernobyl NPP Undamaged Reactor, 2006
Shop at Chernobyl Village serving liquidators and refuseniks
Inside Chernobyl NPP, 2006
Chernobyl Office Interior, 2006
Fire fighting exhibit Chernobyl Museum Kiev
Slavutych: where Chernobyl's staff live today
I’ve found your postings useful prior to my trip to the Ukraine this year. I am a contemporary art and reportage photographer. I am returning to the Ukraine this year and particularly interested in developing work in Slavutych. If you don’t mind I would like to pick your brains.
You can see the first postings of my work from Pripyat in my blog, so that it gives you and idea of the type of work I do.
Thanks
http://smithjan.com/blog/2011/02/02/chernobyl-25-years-revisited-wanderings-in-pripyat/