Nuclear Enchantment [Patrick Nagatani]

[NM] [Nuclear Culture] [Collage]

Nuclear Enchantment

Patrick Nagatani

UNM Press, Albuquerque. 1991. First edition paperback. Some corner dings and a bit of soiling to endpapers, very minor. Quite clean otherwise, a very good copy.

From the publisher:

"To see these photographs is to be in the presence of a master of constructed photo-dramas. Patrick Nagatani's tableaux are remarkably elaborate meditations about the landscape and the people of the state, as the photographer notes, "contains the most extensive nuclear-weapons research, management, training, and testing facilities and organizations in the United States. These large format photographs characterized by an intense, sulfuric color explore with profound wit and irony Negatani's deep understanding of nuclear fear in out time. Eugenia Parry Janis's lively and subjective essay informs with provocative insights into Nagatani's work and his magical obsessive personality and places him in a curtural context. This is an important book and one not to be missed."

Nagatani is a home town hero and I am proud to present a lovely copy of this fantastic book of essay and photo collage.Surreal nuclear collages break open the New Mexican sky and remind us of the awesome destructive potential grinding away in Los Alamos.