CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UKRAINE
Workers move deep into the destroyed reactor where they drill holes in the concrete to install support beams meant to stabilize the roof, which is in danger of collapsing. Their dark workspace, close to the center of the explosion, is so highly contaminated that they can only work in 15-minute shifts, despite wearing highly protective gear and respirators.
I swiveled my on-camera strobe slightly to my right to reduce the full intensity of flash power on the worker on the left and compensate for the exponential falloff toward the worker on the right. The strobe allowed me to capture the workers’ eyes peeking ...
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