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A story of people, not of radiation: A conversation about those still living near Chernobyl and Fukushima

A story of people, not of radiation: A conversation about those still living near Chernobyl and Fukushima

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If your home had been devastated by a disaster, would you stay? Why do people choose to remain in potentially life-threatening places? These are just a few of the complex questions that photojournalist Michael Forster Rothbart and filmmaker Holly Morris explore in their respective work, documenting the lives of people living in Chernobyl and Fukushima. []

Those who stayed in Chernobyl and Fukushima: An excerpt from the new TED Book brings you inside Control Room 4

Those who stayed in Chernobyl and Fukushima: An excerpt from the new TED Book brings you inside Control Room 4

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In the new TED Book, Would You Stay?, photojournalist Michael Forster Rothbart travels to Chernobyl and Fukushima to try to understand why people refuse to leave these areas despite the risks. Pulling together stunning photos, moving words, recorded interviews and multimedia maps, Rothbart weaves a complex narrative and poses an even tougher question: If your hometown []