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David McMillan

David McMillan is a photographer who has photographed the 1986 Chernobyl disaster 22 times over 30 years, starting in 1994. He originally studied to be a painter and received an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1973. The same year, he began teaching painting and drawing at the School of Art at the University of Manitoba, then became interested in photography and in 1977 established its photography program in which he taught until he retired in 2013. McMillan first explored painting, particularly portraits which he painted full-size. In 1977, he changed mediums to photography and in his work as a photographer explored the interaction and tensions between nature and architecture. In 1994, he travelled to Ukraine to photograph "The Zone" – the area affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster – and the visit inspired him with a visual story that lasted through 22 visits to the area for the next 30 years. Remembering Nevil Shute's On the Beach (1957), McMillan discovered in Pripyat, the abandoned city closest to the reactor, grim annals of decay and growth - and beauty as nature took over the site. In 2016, McMillan spoke about the environmental disaster, saying the "growth seems incredible". In 2018, the monograph on his Chernobyl work, Growth and Decay: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, was published. It was accompanied by McMillan's first full-fledged retrospective in 2019 at the Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, Maryland titled McMillan's Chernobyl: An Intimation of the Way the World Would End curated by Claude Baillargeon. In 2017, McMillan returned to painting full-size, detailed portraits, often of former academic colleagues and friends. His prints are represented by the Martha Street Gallery in Winnipeg.
Creator Id: 420
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Scotland
Year of Birth: 1945
City: Winnipeg
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Male
Mediums: photography
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Pripyat Foliage

Work ID: 77502

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Pripyat Foliage

Work ID: 77505

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Pripyat Foliage

Work ID: 77503

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Pripyat Foliage

Work ID: 77504

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Pripyat Foliage

Work ID: 77527

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Pripyat Foliage

Work ID: 77528

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Pripyat Foliage

Work ID: 77529

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Pripyat Foliage

Work ID: 77530

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Village Hall

Work ID: 77434

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Plasticene Sculptures, Pripyat

Work ID: 77436

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Path and Slide, Pripyat

Work ID: 77432

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Schoolroom, Village of Shipelicki

Work ID: 77433

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Hospital Waiting Room, Pripyat

Work ID: 77435

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Music Room, Kindergarten, Pripyat

Work ID: 77437

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Mural, School Hallway, Pripyat

Work ID: 77478

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Swimming Pool, Pripyat

Work ID: 77479

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Game & Gas Masks on School Corridor Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77480

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Blue Gymnasium, Pripyat

Work ID: 77477

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School Auditorium Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77481

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Flags in Kindergarten Stairwell, Pripyat

Work ID: 77482

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Yellow Room, Pripyat

Work ID: 77429

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Classroom Entrance, Pripyat

Work ID: 77428

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Milk Bottles on Floor, Kindergarten Kitchen, Pripyat

Work ID: 77430

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Ferris Wheel, Pripyat

Work ID: 77425

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View of the Nuclear Power Plant from Pripyat Rooftop

Work ID: 77423

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View of the Nuclear Power Plant

Work ID: 77422

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Graffiti on Kindergarten Door, Pripyat

Work ID: 77427

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Flags in Kindergarten Stairwell, Pripyat

Work ID: 77431

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Basketball Court, Pripyat

Work ID: 77424

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Bumper Cars, Pripyat

Work ID: 77426

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Vine in Kindergarten

Work ID: 77438

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Dormitory, Pioneer Camp

Work ID: 77444

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Hotel Room, Pripyat

Work ID: 77443

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Greenhouse Interior

Work ID: 77440

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Swimming Pool, Pripyat

Work ID: 77447

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Path in Pripyat

Work ID: 77439

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Greenhouse Interior with Tree, Pripyat

Work ID: 77441

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Greenhouse Exterior, Pripyat

Work ID: 77442

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Boxing Ring, Palace of Culture, Pripyat

Work ID: 77446

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Railway Station, Village of Janov

Work ID: 77445

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Classroom with Lenin Bas Relief, Pripyat

Work ID: 77451

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Shelves and Toys, Kindergarten, Pripyat

Work ID: 77453

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Blue Slide, Pripyat

Work ID: 77449

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Portrait of Lenin, Pripyat

Work ID: 77452

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Broken Branch, Pripyat

Work ID: 77448

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Military Radar near Chernobyl

Work ID: 77450

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Classroom Corner, Pripyat

Work ID: 77463

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Letters in Basketball Court, Pripyat

Work ID: 77457

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Village Political Sign

Work ID: 77458

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Mural near Kindergarten, Pripyat

Work ID: 77456

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Sinking Boat on the Pripyat River, Chernobyl

Work ID: 77461

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Rehabilitation Pool, Children’s Hospital, Pripyat

Work ID: 77465

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Stairway, Entrance to the Palace of Culture, Pripyat

Work ID: 77462

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Bust of Lenin

Work ID: 77459

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Church Interior

Work ID: 77460

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Toy Horse on Kindergarten Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77464

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View of the Nuclear Power Plant

Work ID: 77454

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Electrical Towers in Fog

Work ID: 77455

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Door to Kindergarten Washroom, Pripyat

Work ID: 77466

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Kindergarten Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77469

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View of the Nuclear Power Plant

Work ID: 77467

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Gas Masks on School Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77470

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Plant on Kindergarten Floor

Work ID: 77468

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Slide & Trees, Pripyat

Work ID: 77474

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Tire Swings, Pripyat

Work ID: 77473

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Blue Shelves, School, Pripyat

Work ID: 77475

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Elephant Slide, Pripyat

Work ID: 77472

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Apartments and Trees, Pripyat

Work ID: 77471

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Patient Records, Hospital, Pripyat

Work ID: 77476

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Military Radar near Chernobyl

Work ID: 77487

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Classroom with Lenin Bas Relief, Pripyat

Work ID: 77488

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Still Life with Oily Floor, Kindergarten, Pripyat

Work ID: 77490

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Kindergarten Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77493

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Kindergarten Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77494

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Hotel Room, Pripyat

Work ID: 77485

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Gymnasium Storage Room, Pripyat

Work ID: 77491

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Kindergarten Still Life, Pripyat

Work ID: 77489

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Red Floor, School Hallway, Pripyat

Work ID: 77495

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School Hallway, Pripyat

Work ID: 77496

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Doors to Kindergarten Nap Room, Pripyat

Work ID: 77492

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Kindergarten with Tree, Pripyat

Work ID: 77486

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View of the Nuclear Power Plant

Work ID: 77483

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Plant on Kindergarten Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77484

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Classroom Entrance, Pripyat

Work ID: 77499

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Yellow Room, Pripyat

Work ID: 77500

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Playground, Pripyat

Work ID: 77498

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View of the Nuclear Power Plant

Work ID: 77497

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Hospital Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77501

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Broken Glass Block, School Gymnasium

Work ID: 77510

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School Gymnasium with Tree and Balance Beam

Work ID: 77509

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Path and Slide, Pripyat

Work ID: 77507

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Paints & Palettes on Kindergarten Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77514

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Kindergarten Floor with Slippers, Pripyat

Work ID: 77516

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Electrical Towers near the Nuclear Power Plant

Work ID: 77506

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Kindergarten Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77515

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Geography Classroom Floor, Pripyat

Work ID: 77513

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School Hallway, Pripyat

Work ID: 77512

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Kindergarten, Pripyat

Work ID: 77511

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Mural near Kindergarten, Pripyat

Work ID: 77508

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Lobby, Children’s Hospital

Work ID: 77522

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Ferris Wheel, Pripyat

Work ID: 77521

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Basketball Court, Pripyat

Work ID: 77519

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Playground, Pripyat

Work ID: 77518

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View of the Nuclear Power Plant

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Letters in Basketball Court, Pripyat

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Graffiti on Kindergarten Door, Pripyat

Work ID: 77523

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Bumper Cars, Pripyat

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School Auditorium, Pripyat

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Flags in Kindergarten Stairwell, Pripyat

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Playground, Pripyat

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Apartments and Trees, Pripyat

Work ID: 77531

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Science Classroom with Tree, Pripyat

Work ID: 77535

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Plasticene Sculptures, Pripyat

Work ID: 77537

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Music Room, Kindergarten, Pripyat

Work ID: 77538

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Green Gymnasium, Pripyat

Work ID: 77536

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Portrait of Lenin, Pripyat

Work ID: 77534

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Blue Slide, Pripyat

Work ID: 77533

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Pool Floor, Palace of Culture, Pripyat

Work ID: 77539

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Shelves and Toys, Kindergarten, Pripyat

Work ID: 77542

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Kindergarten, Pripyat

Work ID: 77543

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Blue Gymnasium, Pripyat

Work ID: 77541

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View of the Nuclear Power Plant from Pripyat Rooftop

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Boxing Ring, Palace of Culture, Pripyat

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Book Store, Pripyat

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Kindergarten with Tree, Pripyat

Work ID: 77547

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Pripyat Boat Dock

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View of Forest from Dental Hospital, Pripyat

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Kindergarten Locker Room, Pripyat

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Flags in Kindergarten Stairwell, Pripyat

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Basketball Court, Pripyat

Work ID: 77553

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View of the Nuclear Power Plant

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Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Work ID: 77421

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