{"product_id":"the-nevada-test-site-hardcover","title":"The Nevada Test Site - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmmet Gowin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eRobert Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA photographic study of the land that served as the main testing site for American nuclear devices for four decades\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore nuclear bombs have been detonated in America than in any other country in the world. Between 1951 and 1992, the Nevada National Security Test Site was the primary location for these activities, withstanding more than a thousand nuclear tests that left swaths of the American Southwest resembling the moon. In \u003ci\u003eThe Nevada Test Site\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned American photographer Emmet Gowin (b. 1941) presents staggering aerial photographs of this powerfully evocative place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGowin remains the only photographer granted official and sustained access to the Nevada Test Site. For this book, he has revisited his original negatives, made in 1996 and 1997, and fully three-quarters of the images featured here have never been published before. These images show blast areas where sand has been transformed to glass, valleys pockmarked with hundreds of craters, trenches that protected soldiers from blasts, areas used to bury radioactive waste, and debris left behind following tests conducted as deep as five thousand feet below the Earth's surface. Together, these stunning, unsettling views unveil environmental travesties on a grand scale. An essay by Gowin delves into the history of his work at the site, including his decade-long efforts to secure entry, the photographic equipment and techniques employed, and what the images mean to him today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a foreword by photographer and writer Robert Adams, \u003ci\u003eThe Nevada Test Site\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a testament to the harms we inflict on our surroundings, the importance of bearing witness, and the possibilities for aesthetic redemption and a more hopeful future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmmet Gowin\u003c\/b\u003e is emeritus professor of photography at Princeton University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eEmmet Gowin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMariposas Nocturnas\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). His photographs are in collections around the world, including at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Morgan Library and Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Tokyo Museum of Art. \u003cb\u003eRobert Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most esteemed American photographers working today. His work has been published in more than thirty books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 12.3 x 10.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756992758048,"sku":"9780691196039","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f1b9a0fa5df6fa0fa1dfa2a293b92336.webp?v=1780091143","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-nevada-test-site-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}