TRACES of the Atomic Age
Peter d’Agostino © 1995/2020
25th Anniversary Portfolio edition: 5 + 2 AP
Black clamshell portfolio box (14” x 11” x 2”) 8 photographs: Hahnemuhle Baryta Inkjet Archival 22 digital documents: letters, news articles, magazine covers, and museum ephemera.
Letters and news: Alamogordo, NM (July 16, 1945) “Artist’s Birth is a link to the Birth of the Atomic Age” (Baltimore Sun, Mar 15, 1995) The controversial “Enola Gay” exhibition, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: “The History That Tripped Over Memory - War of Words: What the Museum Couldn’t Say” (NY Times, Feb 5, 1995) Magazines: LIFE ( July 30, 1945) TIME ( July 29,1985) Newsweek ( July 24, 1995) Museum announcements: “Becoming Death: Cinema and the Atomic Age” Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive (1995)