From the series ‘Nemo’s Garden’ © Giacomo d’Orlando , Overall Winner and Winner of the Documentary Category, Indian Photo Festival Photographer of the Year Award “Pokhran, desert city in the northern state of Rajasthan, witnessed the second biggest nuclear test in the summer of 1998 in the Pokhran firing range, 2.5 km from nearby Khetolai village.” © Chinky Shukla , 2nd Prize, Documentary Category, Indian Photo Festival Photographer of the Year Award The winners and shortlisted entries for this year’s Indian Photo Festival Photographer of the Year Award (IPOY) draw attention to some of the most overlooked environmental stories of a generation, spanning decades and continents. In the desert villages of Khetolai, Loharki, and Chacha, Chinky Shukla traces the painful scars left behind by the Pokhran-II nuclear tests–part of India’s Operation Smiling Buddha. More than two decades later, village residents continue to experience cases of cancer, cerebral palsy, intellectual […]
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