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Graffiti in Chernobyl – April 26

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Yellow Cake Art – The Graffiti of Chernobyl

Chernobyl Graffiti - Photograph by Jan Smith

Yellow Cake Art Yellow cake is used in the preparation uranium fuel for nuclear reactors.

In 2006, twenty years after the Chernobyl disaster a group of seven artists from Russia, Belarus and Germany entered the abandoned city of Pripyat to create street art.  Their work was a tribute to the former inhabitants.  Unfortunately, barely six years later, many of the pieces are fading or falling victim to the elements.   Yellow Cake Art is a visual tour of the pieces I found while exploring Pripyat and developing my own work on nuclear landscapes.  This is a tribute to their work. You can see the entire slide show here: Yellow Cake Art

To see the original project of Konstatin Danilov, Denis Averyanov, Ivan Malakhov, Kim Koster, Tobias Starke, Sergey Abramchuk, and Niels Grugel please visit here. Continue reading “Graffiti in Chernobyl – April 26” →

Mexican Melancholy: A Conversation with Jan Smith in GUP Magazine

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Interview with Jan Smith by GUP Magazine

GUP Magazine Interview - Jan Smith

Sam Nalley Copley of GUP Magazine approached me a couple of weeks ago to include me in the magazine’s coverage of Mexican Photographers (I know, with a name like mine who would believe I am Mexican!).  We spoke about melancholy and what motivates my work. GUP is one of the leading on-line voices in photography.  The conversation was published today and  you can go to their site or read the conversation here.

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Photo Brigade – Feature Jan Smith Mexican Art Photographer

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Photo Brigade Feature - Jan Smith Photographer

Photo Brigade – Jan Smith Photogrpher

A small feature showing my Fukushima – Cesium Tours  work in Photo Brigade

About Photo Brigade

The Photo Brigade is a community formed by photographer Robert Caplin as a resource for freelancers to showcase their work to a larger audience of photographers and photo lovers through social media. The goal is to strengthen the freelance photographic community, to share the latest work of freelancers and students, and raise awareness for photographers who otherwise might not have the opportunity to share their work with a large community of like-minded people.

Truth Well Told – Interview with Art Photographer Jan Smith

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A Truth Well Told  ART ART & ENTERTAINMENT 30 MARCH – 20 APRIL 12 .THE BIG ISSUE. 35.

Mexican photographer Jan Smith made it his mission to show the world the untold human stories behind nuclear disasters. To coincide with the first anniversary of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster in March, Smith brought his Nuclear Disaster Stories exhibition to Cape Town in partnership with the Koeberg Alert Alliance. Smith’s debut exhibition in South Africa included a world-first release of images taken in Fukushima in February. by Fem Eggers  Continue reading “Truth Well Told – Interview with Art Photographer Jan Smith” →