Gowin, Emmet
The Nevada Test Site
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691196039
- author:
- Gowin, Emmet
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 30.5 x 25.1 centimetres (1.67 kg
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Photography, Individual Photographer,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Nevada Test Site by Emmet Gowin is a photographic study of the land that served as the main testing site for American nuclear devices for four decades. Over 1,000 nuclear tests were conducted at this location between 1951 and 1992, leaving behind a landscape transformed by blast areas where sand has been turned to glass, valleys pockmarked with hundreds of craters, and trenches protecting soldiers from blasts. These stunning aerial photographs, taken by renowned American photographer Emmet Gowin, reveal the environmental impact of nuclear testing on a grand scale. Gowin's images show areas used to bury radioactive waste, debris left behind following tests conducted as deep as five thousand feet below the surface, and much more. An accompanying essay provides insight into Gowin's decade-long efforts to secure access to the site and the significance of his work. A foreword by photographer Robert Adams adds context to this powerful body of work, which stands as a testament to the importance of bearing witness to environmental harm and the possibilities for aesthetic redemption in the face of adversity.
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