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Volatile Particles
A Photographic Journey Through Chornobyl’s Exclusion Zone
by Olena Sullivan

My first book is now available for purchase through Blurb. Back in 2008, two urban exploration photographers came together with an idea for a project that would take them to the irradiated landscape of Chornobyl’s Exclusion Zone and the ghost city of Prypyat. The book Volatile Particles: A Photographic Journey Through Chornobyl’s Exclusion Zone is a result of our subsequent visit to the area in September, 2009 thanks in part to a grant from the Ontario Arts Council. These photographs document the area 23 years after the nuclear disaster that changed the world and show how impermanent man-made structures truly are compared to the resilience of nature. The personal accounts and stories have been gathered from my blog entries, personal journal during the two day excursion, and translated conversations with our guides and residents in the area.

Standard Lanscape (10″ x 8″), Hardcover with dust jacket, 4-colour throughout, 78 pp. Available from Blurb – view a full preview online.

I have been fortunate enough to be included in 2 publications by the Industrial Decay Network:

IDN01

IDN01A study of industrial ruins spanning two years of exploration by 25 photographers from 11 countries. Photographers include:

  • Telefunker
  • ste_peg
  • Ride My Pony
  • Shantideva
  • Seemoo
  • Christophe Venfleteren
  • Ohlenna (me)
  • Isaac J.S. Cumbo
  • EvidencE
  • Deeva
  • Björn Sahlberg
  • Suspicious Minds
  • sigma
  • X-it
  • Bolt Cutter
  • fiftyone eggs
  • Flying Dutchee
  • rustyjaw
  • h-e-d
  • Lost America
  • Cino
  • Irishmanlost
  • bREgO
  • esprit de sel
  • alterallensteiner

Full colour, 118 pages, available in standard landscape format or large landscape format from blurb.

IDN02

IDN02Second in the series exploring the indutrial ruins of the 20th century, it features 37 photographers from 12 countries including Belgium, Germany, US, Canada, the UK, Sweden and various stop in between.

New to this series:

  • urbanarcheology
  • Bousure
  • Martino-NL
  • Sebastian Hebert
  • SispiciousMinds
  • ilConte
  • Mark M
  • MaNOuCH
  • Dennis Gerbeckx
  • Mark Duiker
  • Paulo Dias
  • Christophe Regnaud
  • Dario Cogliati
  • Carpaz
  • salterspeed
  • earthmagnified
  • José Afonso
  • 5y12u3k
  • Marco Baldinelli
  • Tofu Minx
  • JDholic
  • NARIBIS

Full colour, 160 pages, also available through blurb.

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