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◆MOTOHASHI Seiichi◆
I went to Chernobyl for the
first time in June1991,five years after the distar. By that time
I had seen and heard an enormous amount of media coverage of the
horrifying consequences of the disaster. I worried about how I
should or could take photographs of the aftermath.My anxiety intensified
when I went to photograph children suffering from leukemia or
thyroid disorders.The sight of these children left me numb,deprived
of the will to release the shutter.WhenI stood by stone coffines
that set off the Geiger counter with a loud,alarming noise,I thought
I would never come back.
When I visited Chechersk,however,my attitude changed completely.Most
of my photographs exhibited here were taken there.The liveliness
and vigor of people and animals living in harmony with nature
mode a deep impression on me.As I traveled around Chechersk,the
overwhelming image in my mind's eye of a nuclear planet was transformed
into a living earth.
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