As one of the first artists to gain access to “The Zone,” McMillan initially explored the evacuated areas with few constraints and in solitude, save for an occasional scientist monitoring the effects of radioactivity. Returning year after year enabled him to revisit the sites of earlier photographs—sometimes fortuitously, sometimes by design—thereby bearing witness to the inexorable forces of nature as they reclaimed the abandoned communities. At times his unhurried approach to picture making led McMillan to look at unassuming subjects, which gave rise to engrossing compositions. Above all, his commitment has been to probe the relentless dichotomy between growth and decay in The Zone.
Osteuropa, Fotografie, Krise, Dokumentarfotografie, Natur, Landschaft, Landschaftsfotografie, Lost Places
Pripiat et la zone d’exclusion de Tchernobyl. Buch in engl., Schutzumschlag und Beiheft in frz. Sprache. Steidl 2018. Beiträge von Claude Baillargeon. Französisch, Englisch. 262 Seiten, 200 Abb. 30,5 x 26 cm. 2,2 kg. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag.
