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Item Number: 134749
Title: Camera Atomica: Photographing the Nuclear World
Author: O'Brian, John (et al)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781908966483
Description: London: Black Dog, Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015. 25cm., pbk., 304pp., 256 b&w illus. Exhibition catalogue. Summary: A unique and engaging exploration of how the camera lens has shaped public perceptions of the atomic age and its legacy of anxiety. The images featured are extremely vivid and were taken by famed photographers including Weegee, Barbara Kruger, Sandy Skoglund and Garry Winogrand from some of the nuclear events from 1945 onwards. Wherever there have been nuclear weapons and nuclear fission, there have also been cameras. Camera Atomica explores the intimate relationship between photography and nuclear events, to uncover how the camera lens has shaped public perceptions of the atomic age and its anxieties. Photographs have a crucial place in the representation of the atomic age and its anxieties.
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