“Ongoing Nuclear Tragedies: Fukushima X Chernobyl” photography exhibition (2015-03-16)

“Ongoing Nuclear Tragedies: Fukushima X Chernobyl” photography exhibition is co-organized by MA programme in Intercultural Studies, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, CUHK and Hong Kong Society for the Study of Nuclear Radiation. In this exhibition we select representative photographs from Dr. Pierpaolo Mittica’s serial works related to the two major nuclear accidents in our time: Chernobyl: The Hidden Legacy and Fukushima No-Go Zone.
Dr. Pierpaolo Mittica, an award-winning photographer based in Venice, Italy pursues the art of social photography under the guidance and inspiration from his mentors Naomi and Walter Rosenblum. His documentary works, supported by his dedicated understanding of the events, lift the photographic images beyond immediate emotional charge to expose the true nature of the scenes, which are most often the forgotten zones of the underpriviledged suffering in different corners of the world.
From 2002-2007 Dr. Mittica had travelled regularly to Belarus and Ukraine and talked to eminent scientists, local doctors, relief workers and victims in orphanages and hospitals in an effort to reveal the indelible consequences of the Chernobyl catastrope that started 29 years ago. Chernobyl: The Hidden Legacy was selected by the Chernobyl National Museum of Kiev (Ukraine) for the official exhibition for the 20^th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
And since 2011, he has been following the Fukushima nuclear accident by going into the "Exclusion Zone" and attesting how people are forced to live with radiation in doses high and low. His powerful works is a reminder to the world that Chernobyl and Fukushima tragedies are not the past but are just the beginning, and deep reflection is urgently needed on the continuing use of nuclear technology.

「核殤又一年：福島 × 切爾諾貝爾」攝影展由香港中文大學文化及宗教研究系文化研究文學碩士課程及香港核能輻射研究會合辦，我們很榮幸邀得意大利著名攝影師 Dr. Pierpaolo Mittica授權，讓我們從他的英文攝影集Chernobyl: The Hidden Legacy和意大利文攝影集 Fukushima No-Go Zone選出作品在校內展覽。
意大利裔攝影師Dr. Pierpaolo Mittica曾師從Naomi和Walter Rosenblum，歷年榮獲多項攝影大獎。
他先後於切爾諾貝爾及福島受核災影響地區拍攝照片，透過敏銳的鏡頭，記錄了許多當地人被迫與核輻射污染共存的狀況。他在2002到2007年間，定期前往白俄羅斯和烏克蘭，拍攝了一批關於切爾諾貝爾核災後遺跡的作品。這些作品在2006年獲基輔切爾諾貝爾國家博物館（烏克蘭）選入核災十二周年紀念官方展覽。Dr. Mittica自2011年開始關注福島核災，多次深入禁區拍攝那些至今仍被迫活在受輻射污染地區的人。

今年三月正值福島核災後第四年，Dr. Mittica的作品能對世人警醒，無論是四年前的福島核災或二十九年前四月二十六日發生的切爾諾貝爾核災，其影響從來都無法消淡。