This fascinating photo series looks at the bleak isolation of Chernobyl as never before. Employing infrared filters, photographer Vladimir Mitgutin is able to bring out details of decay – an abandoned bus, a radar system, an amusement park, a doll, a sports hall, a piano – frozen in time. The filtered red hues make them pop out against icy backdrops. Mitgutin, 32, recently released the series to the public after visiting the site in July 2017. It was a spontaneous trip, the photographer said, with the sole intention of telling a different story about the site of the 1986 catastrophe. Here: The monumental trail with the evacuated village names by the side. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





Iconic 26m ferris wheel in Pripyats amusement park. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





Simon – a friendly fox, who often approaches tourists in the exclusion zone, asking for food. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





Rotting grand piano in the concert hall of the abandoned town of Pripyat. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





The Bucket that was used to clean the roof of the reactor after the fallout, very radioactive even today. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





Bumper cars in Pripyats amusement park. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





The nuclear power plant safety confinement above the sarcophagus. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





Duga radar system, used as part of the Soviet anti-ballistic missile early-warning network. Shot from the bottom. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





Toys in the infant school in Pripyat. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





Tree growing against wall. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





Sports hall in Pripyat. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





The Azure Swimming Pool in Pripyat. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





The trolleybus in one of Chernobyls scrapyards. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)





The town of Pripyat. (Photo by Vladimir Mitgutin/Caters News Agency)