Sebastian Lasse
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Hoover Dam. 1955.
© Robert Frank

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A picture from Robert Franks "The Americans", the gratest photo book ever published. Shafika Rahman wrote in the context of Camera Atomica : There is an unsettling irony in Robert Frank’s Hoover Dam (1956) photograph. Showing three descending postcards for sale in a shop window, the first postcard is a sweeping view of the Grand Canyon, while the Hoover Dam adorns the second. On the third, a large mushroom cloud towers over a barren desert landscape. Frank’s photo evokes an eerie sense of contrast as the postcard of the explosion pairs with celebrated American landmarks. The Camera Atomica exhibition features a substantial collection of nuclear photography and artifacts of the post-WWII period. From the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to the recent 2011 disaster of Fukushima Daiichi, this exhibit doesn’t only document history, but also relates to current events.
A picture from Robert Franks "The Americans", the gratest photo book ever published. Shafika Rahman wrote in the context of Camera Atomica : There is an unsettling irony in Robert Frank’s Hoover Dam (1956) photograph. Showing three descending postcards for sale in a shop window, the first postcard is a sweeping view of the Grand Canyon, while the Hoover Dam adorns the second. On the third, a large mushroom cloud towers over a barren desert landscape. Frank’s photo evokes an eerie sense of contrast as the postcard of the explosion pairs with celebrated American landmarks. The Camera Atomica exhibition features a substantial collection of nuclear photography and artifacts of the post-WWII period. From the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to the recent 2011 disaster of Fukushima Daiichi, this exhibit doesn’t only document history, but also relates to current events.
A picture from Robert Franks "The Americans", the gratest photo book ever published. Shafika Rahman wrote in the context of Camera Atomica : There is an unsettling irony in Robert Frank’s Hoover Dam (1956) photograph. Showing three descending postcards for sale in a shop window, the first postcard is a sweeping view of the Grand Canyon, while the Hoover Dam adorns the second. On the third, a large mushroom cloud towers over a barren desert landscape. Frank’s photo evokes an eerie sense of contrast as the postcard of the explosion pairs with celebrated American landmarks. The Camera Atomica exhibition features a substantial collection of nuclear photography and artifacts of the post-WWII period. From the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to the recent 2011 disaster of Fukushima Daiichi, this exhibit doesn’t only document history, but also relates to current events.