Finalist, LensCulture Earth Awards:

Welcome to one of the most polluted cities on Earth—a place where the entire economic equilibrium is dependent upon a livelihood-giving (yet life-destroying) copper smelting plant.

Following up on his ground-breaking coverage of the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Pierpaolo Mittica shows us what remains of the homes, farms and neighborhoods around the Fukushima power plant in Japan.