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**Through the Lense of a Camera: Chornobyl Revisited
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the nuclear accident
Photographs and Lecture by Yuriy Kosin
Tuesday May 2, 2006
4:00 to 6:00 PM
Seminar Room
Ukrainian Research Institute
Harvard University
1583 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
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April 26, 2006 marks the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl accident,
the world's worst nuclear disaster. The Ukrainian Research Institute is
commemorating this tragic event with a special presentation by
celebrated Ukrainian photographer Yuriy Kosin who will show and discuss
his photographic work dealing with the Chornobyl disaster and its
aftermath.
Mr. Kosin, a nuclear engineer by training, was employed at Chornobyl
prior to and after the disaster. He was among the 800,000 "liquidators,"
the army of mercy that came down to the "hell of Chornobyl." Deeply
moved by his experiences, Mr. Kosin has devoted the past 20 years to
capturing, through the lens of a camera, the human face of Ukraine. His
compositions on Ukraine and Chornobyl have recently been published in
the critically acclaimed book, /Through the Eyes of Ukraine/. Mr.
Kosin's other major projects include "Transgressions," "Ukraine,"
and
"Revolution that Turned into a Celebration."
Over the years, Mr. Kosin has participated in more than 40 joint
exhibitions in Ukraine, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Germany,
Russia, Slovakia, and France. Some of his photographs depicting the
Orange Revolution also appear in the documentary /Borderland: Ukraine
and the Rebirth of Democracy,/ produced by Alaya Productions of Virginia.
/This presentation is co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Research Institute and
the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
/
**Upcoming Lectures and Presentations of Interest **/(Unless indicated
otherwise, events are held from 4-6:00 PM in HURI's Seminar Room):
/Monday, May 1, 2006
/Language, Olfactory Communication, and Gender
/Lesya Stavytska
*/Head, Department of Sociolinguistics,
Institute of the Ukrainian Language, National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine, and
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute
/
/*Program subject to change. To check for changes to the HURI seminar
schedule, please visit our web site: **
_http://www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.html_
*/
/For further information on HURI events, please contact HURI at:
Phone: 617/ 495-4053
Fax: 617/ 495-8097
Email: huri(a)fas.harvard.edu
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