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Auf den Spuren des Kalten Krieges: Geheime Städte, lebensgefährliche Ruinen und die Faszination des BösenNadav Kander (born 1961) is a recipient of the renowned Prix Pictet and one of today s most successful photographers. When he learned of the existence of two closed cities on the border between Kazakhstan and Russia, he knew that he would have to visit them. For Dust he photographed the desolated landscapes of the Aral Sea and captured fascinating images of the restricted military zones of Priozersk and Kurtchatov, which did not appear on any map until well after the end of the Cold War. Long-distance missiles were tested in Priozersk under great secrecy. Hundreds of atomic bombs were detonated in the so-called Polygon near Kurchatov until the program ended in 1989. The bombs were exploded in a remote but still populated area, and covert studies were made of the effects of the radiation on the unsuspecting inhabitants. Kander writes how the ticking of the Geiger counter on his belt while he photographed reminded him that he should not become too enthralled with the aesthetic and painterly allure of the crumbling ruins.

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Book category Books in English The arts Photography & photographs Individual photographers

• Full title: Nadav Kander
• Subtitle: Dust
• Author: Ted Hughes, Nadav Kander, Will Self
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 128
• EAN: 9783775738439
• ISBN: 3775738436
• ID: 02595323
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Weight: 1455 g
• Dimensions: 270 × 340 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: July 2014

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