American Ground Zero
by Carole Gallagher · first published 1993
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American Ground Zero is the extraordinary product of one photojournalist's decade-long commitment, a gripping, courageous collection of portraits and interviews of those whose lives were crossed by radioactive fallout. For twelve years beginning in 1951, the United states government conducted aboveground testing of nuclear weapons in the deserts of Nevada. For more than four decades it has tried to cover up the human and environmental devastation wrought by this testing. In American Ground Zero, Carole Gallagher has penetrated the veil of official secrecy and anonymity to document the incredi
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Another excellent reference is the MIT Press book, "American Ground Zero": http://www.amazon.com/American-Ground-Zero-Secret-Nuclear/dp... It's abundantly clear that the people near the Nevada Test Site suffered hugely from cancer because of these aboveground tests. This…
on “Five Men Agree To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb” ↗It is, as I say, a small list. 100 Suns, of course. Also, American Ground Zero (do not try to read all at once), At Work in the Fields of the Bomb (interviews and portraits of Los Alamos and Livermore weapons scientists), and How to Photograph and Atomic Bomb. I might also include…
on “Lost Images from the 1945 Trinity Nuclear Test Restored” ↗