HUMAN CHAIN (2011)

Stuttgart, Germany, March 12th, 2011

... a random part of the human chain leading 45 km from the centre of Stuttgart to the nuclear power plant in Neckarwestheim. 60 000 people participate in a demonstration against the use of nuclear power in Germany. This section was photographed nearby the railway station in Feuerbach. The 99 pictures presented here cover approx. 450 meters - 1 % of the chain. Needless to say - everybody was deeply affected by the explosion of the first overheated reactor in the quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant of Fukushima Daiichi hours before.

The demonstration was planned months before, though ...