Greg White's Chernobyl series is surprising. Sure he captures the "ruin porn" that's kind of inevitable when photographing a decades-old disaster site, but his knack for framing patterns and unexpected color palettes, like cool fluorescent hues, gives his photos a sense of character and narrative.

That narrative includes the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown in the Ukraine, but White's series manages to extend beyond the disaster. He depicts relics from life before the meltdown, including the beautiful swimming pool and Ferris wheel found on site, while also illustrating present day life in the region, marked by a single general store and a team of scientists and engineers working on a project to contain the radiation.

Greg White's Chernobyl series was shot while on assignment for Wired UK. The images appear with permission from the photographer.