Fukushima: The View From Ground Zero

Arkadiusz Podniesiński

doi:10.1017/S1557466015024183

Fukushima: The View From Ground Zero

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2025

Arkadiusz Podniesiński

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Photographer and filmmaker Arkadiusz Podniesiński, who began visiting and photographing Chernobyl in 2007, documents his 2015 visit to the radiated zone around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. His photographs show the far-reaching and continuing effects of the triple disaster of March 11, 2011 compounded by earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. Podniesiński highlights both the desperate lives of thousands who continue to live in limbo, in government emergency housing, unable to return home, but also the plight of some who have chosen to return.

Type: Research Article
Information: Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 13 , Issue 42 , October 2015 , e2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1557466015024183 [Opens in a new window]
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