Radioactive ruins of secret Soviet towns

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16 September 2014
Nadav Kander: Radioactive ruins of secret Soviet towns

In the silent landscape, a low crackle accompanied the shutter clicks of Nadav Kander’s camera. It was an urgent sound, one he couldn’t ignore: it signalled the ghostly presence of radiation. For his latest project Dust, now on display at the Flowers Gallery in London, the photographer travelled to an area on the border between Russia and Kazakhstan. Until 2006, it was off the map. “Google Earth discovered these secret cities that the maps had never shown,” says Kander. “They had been closed for many years.”

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http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140916-secret-towns-radioactive-ruins