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Nuclear landscapes [graphic] : forty-four photographs and Trinity panorama.
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Title:

Nuclear landscapes: forty-four photographs and Trinity panorama

Creator/Contributor:

Goin, Peter, 1951-, creator

Abstract:

Digital prints of photographic images taken in the 1980s at various nuclear weapons test sites, including Nevada Test Site, Hanford Site and the Marshall Islands. Photographs document the lasting impact of the production facilities and bomb tests on the surrounding natural and built environments. Some specific locales and features include Yucca Flat, Frenchman Lake (Frenchman's Flat) and Sedan Crater (of Nevada Test Site); Runit Island and Kidrenen Island (of Enewetak Atoll); Aerkijlal Island, Aomen Island, Nam Island, Eneu Island and Lele Island (of Bikini Atoll). Also includes a panoramic photograph depicting the Trinity Site (White Sands Proving Ground, near Alamogordo, N.M.).

Date:

2011 (issued)

Subject:

n-us--- -- n-us-nv -- n-us-nm -- n-us-wa -- poxe---
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- Photographs
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Environmental aspects -- Marshall Islands -- Photographs
Nevada National Security Site (Nev.) -- Pictorial works
Hanford Site (Wash.) -- Pictorial works
Marshall Islands -- Pictorial works
Trinity Site (N.M.) -- Pictorial works

Note:

From colophon insert: Archival photographs printed by Peter Goin in the 1980s were scanned, processed, and printed by Scott Hinton, Research Associate in photography at the University of Nevada, Reno, under Peter Goin's supervision and interpretation.
All prints numbered, dated and signed by the photographer.
Portfolio no. 2 in a first edition of 3.
Includes title sheet and colophon sheet inserts in ffALB box.
Most, but not all, photographic images appear in Peter Goin's book Nuclear Landscapes.
RESTRICTED COLLECTION: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Item list available in the library.

Type:

graphic
Panoramic photographs.

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
2 boxes (45 digital prints) : color ; panoramic print 157 x 46 cm, other prints 51 x 42 cm

Language:

English

Origin:

Various places

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED COLLECTION: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.