В 1945 году США применили атомные бомбы, уничтожив 2 японских города и спровоцировали ядерную гонку с СССР. После распада СССР, с 1991 года «Холодная война» закончилась. НО, в 2024 году в спорах мировых держав снова звучит угрожающая ядерная риторика. Ведущая газета США New York Times внезапно публикует серию материалов с названием «На краю» и общим смыслом «Мы все умрем. В ядерном огне». СМИ нагнетают опасные настроения, словно подготавливая население планеты к атомной катастрофе, а политики каждый день подогревают истерику СМИ.
С помощью мультиэкспозиции камеры я соединяю образы повседневной и мирной жизни с самыми известными фотографиями ядерных испытаний, чтобы показать, что никакого «хэппи-энда» не будет. Ни для кого.
Licorne 1970 — Fangataufa Atoll, French Polynesia
On July 3, 1970, France conducted its fourth and largest French nuclear test on the atoll with an explosive power of 914 kilotons of TNT equivalent. 3,700 soldiers deployed on the neighboring atoll Moruroa had to be evacuated. Yield: 914 Kilotons Location: Fangataufa Atoll, French Polynesia Date: July 3, 1970 https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/french/licorne.html
Badger Operation Upshot-Knothole Yield: 23 Kilotons Location: Nevada Test Site Date: April 18, 1953 https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/us/upshot-knothole/upshot-3.html
Romeo Operation Castle Yield: 11 Megatons Location: Bikini Atoll Date: March 26, 1954 https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/us/castle/castle-5.html
Harry Operation Upshot-Knothole Yield: 32 Kilotons Location: Nevada Test Site Date: May 19, 1953 https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/us/upshot-knothole/upshot-8.html
Joe 3/RDS-3 1951 — Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan The third soviet atomic bomb, RDS-3 Marya, was tested on October 18, 1951 at the Semipalatinsk test site. This was the first Soviet air-dropped atomic bomb test. Yield: 42 Kilotons Location: Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan Date: October 18, 1951 https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/soviet/rds-3-3.html
Joe 4/RDS-6s 1953 — Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan On August 12, 1953, the USSR conducted its first thermonuclear test at the Semipalatinsk test site. The weapon used a design known as the «Sloika» model in which fission and fusion fuel were «layered». The total yield was 400 Kt and 15-20% of the energy was released by fusion. Yield: 400 Kilotons Location: Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan Date: August 12, 1953 https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/soviet/sloika-2.html
Priscilla Operation Plumbbob Yield: 37 Kilotons Location: Nevada Test Site Date: June 24, 1957 https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/us/plumbbob/plumbbob-13.html
Test No. 6 1967 — Lop Nur, China
On June 17, 1967, China tested its first hydrogen bomb. The bomb was dropped from an aircraft Xian H-6 (a copy of the Soviet Tu-16) and detonated at an altitude of 2960 meters. The blast power reached 3.3 Megatons. Yield: 3.3 Megatons Location: Lop Nur, China Date: June 17, 1967 https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/chinese/test-6-2.html
Grable Operation Upshot-Knothole Yield: 15 Kilotons Location: Nevada Test Site Date: May 25, 1953 Fired from 280 mm gun, test of the Mk9 nuclear weapon https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/us/upshot-knothole/upshot-6.html
Country: United States Test series: Operation Castle Test site: Bikini Atoll Date: April 26, 1954 Test type: Atmospheric Yield: 6.9 megatons of TNT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Union
Dog Operation Greenhouse Yield: 81 Kilotons Location: Enewetak Atoll Date: April 7, 1951 https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/us/greenhouse/greenhouse-1.html