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Nihonmatsu: Evacuees being screened for radiation. (Takashi Morizumi)
Chechersk: The wedding couple said that they would leave this village once they have a baby. (Seiichi Motohashi)
Below right, Roxby Downs: in 1983, Australian Aboriginal representatives staged a month-long sit-in in opposition to uranium mining on a sacred site. In 1988, however, the government gave permission for mining to begin. (Takashi Morizumi)

TO DOCUMENT THE EFFECTS of radioactivity on people, we traveled to nuclear weapon test sites and nuclear power plant accident sites in many parts of the world. We mainly photographed people who lived downwind of tests or in areas contaminated by fallout from nuclear accidents. Many had the same symptoms as the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What we saw convinced us that although humans are scientifically advanced enough to have unleashed nuclear power, they are not yet spiritually advanced enough to use it properly. We hope that this exhibition will spur people to consider ways to ensure that future generations can live in a world free of nuclear fears.

Contributing photographers: Takashi Ito, Hiroto Kiryu, Ittetsu Morishita, Takashi Morizumi, Seiichi Motohashi and Hiromitsu Toyosaki