Camera Atomica - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908966483 ISBN 13 : 9781908966483

Editeur : Black Dog Publishing London UK, 2015

Synopsis

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. Co-published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2014. Photographs have a crucial place in the representation of the atomic age and its anxieties. Camera Atomica examines narratives beyond the "technological sublime" that dominates much nuclear photography, suppressing representations of the human form in favour of representations of B-52 bombers and mushroom clouds. The book proposes that the body is the site where the social environment interacts with the so-called "atomic road": uranium mining and processing, radiation research, nuclear reactor construction and operation, and weapons testing. Cameras have both recorded and - in certain instances - provided motivation for the production of nuclear events. Their histories and technological development are intimately intertwined. All photographs, including nuclear photographs, have the capability to function affectively by working on the emotions and fascinating audiences. Through a wide range of visual documentation, Camera Atomica raises questions such as: what has the role of photography been in underwriting a public image of the bomb and nuclear energy? Has the circulation of photographic images heightened or lessened anxieties, or done both at the same time? How should the different visual protocols of photography be understood?

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John O'Brian is a curator, art historian and writer who has published more than a dozen books. He has taught art history at the University of British Columbia since 1987. During his tenure as the Brenda & David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies, UBC from 2008 to 2011, he explored the engagement of photography with the atomic era in Canada.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Black Dog Publishing London UK
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908966483
• ISBN 13: 9781908966483
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: O'Brian John
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