After the incident at the power plant in April 1986 the city of Pripyat and dozens of towns and villages in the vicinity of the nuclear power plant were evacuated. Although much of what they left behind has been destroyed or looted, there are still lots of items that remind us of the lives that they let in this model soviet city. This gas mask probably dates from the period immediately after the disaster when 200000 liquidators were employed to decontaminate the zone.

This is an original hand made cyanotype print and is 15 x 20 cm in size, mounted in a 24 x 30 cm passepartout. I will make no more than 100 prints at this size. Each print is discreetly signed and numbered. The signature is covered by the passepartout.

Technique: Traditional Cyanotype Image size: 15 x 20 cm Paper size: 20 x 25 cm Paper: Hahnemühle Platinum Rag