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Radius Books

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Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 160 pgs / 40 color / 30 duotone.

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Catalog: FALL 2011 p. 98   

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ISBN 9781934435397 TRADE
List Price: $55.00 CDN $72.50 GBP £50.00

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Mark Klett: The Half-Life of History

Text by William L. Fox.

There is a twisted steel dome in Hiroshima that stands as a grim reminder of the city's destruction by the first atomic bomb. Halfway around the globe, on the border of Utah and Nevada, stands another ruin. The site that housed the bomber that carried “Little Boy,” Wendover Army Air Base, now crumbles from neglect. The stories and relics of Wendover describe more than just the past; they point to a historic cycle, a present increasingly filled with new threats of devastating nuclear and chemical warfare. For this book, American photographer Mark Klett (born 1952) has teamed up with William L. Fox, a celebrated science and art writer whose work focuses on human cognition and memory. Together, the two have created a fascinating visual and textual portrait of Wendover Army Air Base, examining the experience of memory in relation to the great tragedy of America's atomic age.
PRAISE AND REVIEWS

The New York Times

Dana Jennings

Mr. Klett’s artful and striking photographs often parse the most minute details: a broken windowpane, a bent nail, .50-caliber bullets found at the machine-gun range. These fragments stand in for Wendover, just as the base stands in for the birth of nuclear destruction.

Mark Klett: The Half-Life of History

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Mark Klett: The Half-Life of History

MARK KLETT: THE HALF-LIFE OF HISTORY

RADIUS BOOKS

ISBN: 9781934435397
USD $55.00
| CAN $72.5 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 12/31/2011
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