“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.

「核殇又一年：福岛 × 切尔诺贝尔」摄影展由香港中文大学文化及宗教研究系文化研究文学硕士课程及香港核能辐射研究会合办，我们很荣幸邀得意大利著名摄影师 Dr. Pierpaolo Mittica授权，让我们从他的英文摄影集Chernobyl: The Hidden Legacy和意大利文摄影集 Fukushima No-Go Zone选出作品在校内展览。
意大利裔摄影师Dr. Pierpaolo Mittica曾师从Naomi和Walter Rosenblum，历年荣获多项摄影大奖。
他先后於切尔诺贝尔及福岛受核灾影响地区拍摄照片，透过敏锐的镜头，记录了许多当地人被迫与核辐射污染共存的状况。他在2002到2007年间，定期前往白俄罗斯和乌克兰，拍摄了一批关於切尔诺贝尔核灾后遗迹的作品。这些作品在2006年获基辅切尔诺贝尔国家博物馆（乌克兰）选入核灾十二周年纪念官方展览。Dr. Mittica自2011年开始关注福岛核灾，多次深入禁区拍摄那些至今仍被迫活在受辐射污染地区的人。

今年三月正值福岛核灾后第四年，Dr. Mittica的作品能对世人警醒，无论是四年前的福岛核灾或二十九年前四月二十六日发生的切尔诺贝尔核灾，其影响从来都无法消淡。