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Inside Chernobyl
APRIL 2006
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Spirited Holdouts
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig

Gapa Semenenko and her husband, Ivan Martynenko, enjoy a bit of harmless horseplay after a few rounds of vodka at their house in a village near Chernobyl. More than 350,000 people evacuated the area around Chernobyl after the disaster. Nearly 400 elderly residents have returned to their former homes to live out their lives on familiar, if contaminated, ground.
Photo Fast Facts
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Format: Digital
Lens: 17mm
Speed and F-Stop: 1/16 @ f/3.5

Weather Conditions: Indoors
Time of Day: Evening
Lighting Techniques: Flash
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