After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I felt that my mission was unfinished. After nearly a year of negotiations, I finally was permitted to re- enter Chornobyl, now a highly restricted military Zone in 2023.
A new generation of Russians, in their 20’s now, have grown up under the strong hand and watchful eye of President Vladimir Putin.
Physically and politically, Crimea belongs to Ukraine; mentally and emotionally, it identifies with Russia.
This collection of landscape photographs juxtaposes views of paradisal beauty with images of landscapes devastated by man.
A new generation of Russians, in their 20’s now, have grown up under the strong hand and watchful eye of President Vladimir Putin.
Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, is brash and grandiose—and wildly attractive to young strivers seeking success.
The Russian Fleet has been operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century.
Physically and politically, Crimea belongs to Ukraine; mentally and emotionally, it identifies with Russia.
The Crimean Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group residing in present day Ukraine.
In Ukraine, Cossackdom represents cultural and historical heritage as traditional Ukrainian culture is often tied in with the Cossacks.
In the shadow of the boom, Moscow’s nights are dominated by the disenfranchised.
For decades Moscow was a capital city devoid of vibrancy, self-expression and individualistic opportunities – not any more.
After being driven underground by Soviet rule for nearly 80 years, the Russian Orthodox Church has been resurrected.
On January 19th, Russians all over the country cut holes in the ice of lakes and rivers to wash away their sins in the priest blessed waters.
Roughly 30,000 indigenous people hailing from the area’s Khanty and Mansi tribes still populate the region, but their traditional way of life is quickly disappearing.
Once the cold, foreboding Khanty-Mansiysk region is experiencing unprecedented wealth and development.
The discoveries of Vitus Bering greatly expanded the Russian Empire, pioneered the geography of the North Pacific Ocean, and laid the groundwork for Russian trade and settlement in the American West.
In their ruthless drive to exploit the natural resources of their nation, Soviet leaders gave little thought to the health of their people or the lands that they ruled.
The world’s longest railway begins in Moscow and runs eastward through the Ural Mountains and across all of Asia to Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan.
On December 27th 1991, the hammer and sickle flag of the Soviet empire came down from the fabled onion domes of the Kremlin and the Russian tri-color was hoisted in its place.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I felt that my mission was unfinished. After nearly a year of negotiations, I finally was permitted to re- enter Chornobyl, now a highly restricted military Zone in 2023.
In 2011, as people around the world watched TV reports about the widening nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, the Ukrainian government legalized trips to the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Chernobyl has since become a disaster-tourism destination.
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the world worst nuclear accident to date, the Ukrainian government legalized tours to the Chernobyl zone, in hopes for one million visitors in 2012.
After years of negotiations, the French Novarka Consortium was commissioned to build a New Safe Confinement, estimated to cost $2.2 billion.
On April 26, 1986 at 1:23 am, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up after operators botched a safety test, triggering the world’s worst nuclear disaster to date.
Scientists and medical personnel see a clear connection between the high number of health anomalies in children and the fallout in given areas.
The Natural History Museum [Naturhistorisches Museum] in Berlin, the largest of its kind in Germany, invites visitors to explore the planet and its history from up close.
Never has there been a greater earthly hero in Western culture than King Arthur.
Documenta is the world’s most important exhibition of modern and contemporary art, showcasing the most renowned artists of our time.
With its cannabis coffee shops, tolerance for homosexuality, and legalization of prostitution, the city of Amsterdam has long been a place to put liberal ideals into action.
Since the Middle Ages, Prato has been famous for its production of fabrics – a flourishing industry with a strong influence on the economic and social development of the entire area.
During his occupation of Germany, Napoleon mandated middle-sized states to absorb smaller territories, thereby abolishing many old regimes and initiating the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in 1806.
It’s probably safe to say that nothing much has happened in Marktl until April 19th, 2005, when hometown boy, Joseph Ratzinger, became Pope Benedict XVI, the first German pope in 1,000 years.
In the early 1800s brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published a book of fairy tales that remains unrivaled to this day.
In January 1978 photographer Gerd Ludwig and journalist Peter Sager went on a journey to the Lower Rhine with Joseph Beuys.
What started as a trend with one truck is now an integral part of the food culture in Los Angeles.
A victim of geography and hard-ball politics, the Salton Sea is California’s largest, most troubled lake.
From Dune Buggies to retirees, and immigrant laborers to eccentric artists, the area surrounding the Salton Sea is home to an eclectic local population.
In 1930, Great Smoky Mountains National Park became one of the largest protected areas of the eastern United States and America’s most visited national park, now attracting more than 9 million visitors annually.
Among the 160 Brazilian Rain Forest territories is the Waiapi reservation, located in Northeast Amazonia.
Visitors to Toronto marvel at the architectural multiplicity within a highly developed urban setting, the cleanliness and the safety of its streets, dubbing it: a New York run by the Swiss.
This collection of landscape photographs juxtaposes views of paradisal beauty with images of landscapes devastated by man.
Known world wide for its pristine wilderness, about one quarter of Tasmania is contained in national parks, and most of this has world heritage status.
As the year 2004 marks Tasmania’s 200th anniversary of it’s settlements by Europeans, this uniquely beautiful island – usually referred to by Australians as ‘Tassie’ – is being rediscovered. Tasmania is Australia’s second oldest and also its smallest state with a population of 473,000.
Known for their elaborately decorated houses, the Gurunsi – one of Burkina Faso’s 60 distinct ethnic groups – live in the southern savanna of Tiebélé, near the Ghana boarder.
Photographer Gerd Ludwig is a lighting master with TTL strobe lights. He uses them in unusual and unpredictable ways to direct the the viewer’s eye through his photographs, convey a sense of place, and define his visual style.
In the spring of 2016, the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles presented the exhibition Sleeping Cars.
National Geographic photographer Gerd Ludwig's presentation at the SHOTS & WORKS projection at the 2012 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The origins of the Pilsner style of beer can be traced to 1842, when the first Pilsner was brewed in Pilsen, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic).
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