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Hiroshima : ground zero 1945

by John Dower, Adam Levy, David Monteyne, Erin Barnett, Philomena Mariani

This collection of once-classified photographs documents structural destruction in Hiroshima following the 1945 atomic bombing. Produced for the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, the images analyse blast effects to inform civil defence architecture.

Accession 8841 ISBN 9783869303345 Publisher International Center of Photography and Steidl
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