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whiteness in Černobyl

Buy the book whiteness in Černobyl by Marco Cortesi.

The book was printed in April 2024 in 350 copies: 264 in the standard edition and 86 in the special edition.

Photographs by Marco Cortesi
Editorial direction: Stefano Bianchi (Crowdbooks)
Photo and book editing: Paola Riccardi
Introductory text: Stefano Agustoni

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Standard edition

Only 264 copies, to remember the 26th of April.

format 19 × 24.5 × 3 cm, inner block 16.5 × 24 cm, 700 g
60 black and white photographs, 136 pages
printed on Fedrigoni Arena Natural Rough paper
white internal spiral

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Special edition

Only 86 copies, to remember the year 1986. Each copy is signed, numbered and comes with two additional photographs.

format 19 × 24.5 × 3 cm, inner block 16.5 × 24 cm, 700 g
60 black and white photographs, 136 pages
printed on Fedrigoni Arena Natural Rough paper
black internal spiral

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The project

Marco Cortesi was indirectly affected by the Chernobyl disaster at the age of five, when — without knowing the reason — he could no longer play in the garden at home. Twenty-eight years later he went back to Chernobyl in winter, with a Leica M Monochrom.

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