Leica Time Travel Through a Century

Chernobyl - The Long Echo of Silence On 26 April 1986, the explosion in reactor block 4 at Chernobyl alters the lives of several hundred thousand people permanently. A radioactive cloud spreads across much of Europe and turns the surrounding region into a bleak and desolate no-man’s land. Marco Cortesi, who courageously roams the 2,600 km² exclusion zone, documents the vast emptiness and human tragedy in silent, monochrome images that feel unsettlingly relevant – despite being taken 30 years af