From January 22, all nuclear weapons are illegal under international law!
As a memento, here's Nadav Kander's ‘Dust’ series, a powerful exploration of violated landscapes, of the darkness we have ourselves created—a few more here instagram.com/p/CKgXcGjjwyD/
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'While researching large cities in Russia', says Nadav Kander, 'with a view to starting a photographic project, I came across two smaller towns that had been kept secret: Kurchatov and Priozersk (formerly known as Moscow 10)'
[Graveyard near Kurchatov, Kazakhstan, 2011]
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'These places on the Russian-Kazakhstan border never appeared on any maps until Google Earth ‘discovered’ them. I was told that these towns were mostly destroyed.'
[Kurchatov I (scientific research facility), Kazakhstan, 2011]
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This is Nadav Kander's website: nadavkander.com/works-in-serie
[Kurchatov IV (telephone exchange), Kazakhstan, 2011]
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'I will show you fear in a handful of dust'
—T. S. Eliot, 'The Waste Land'
'The Polygon Nuclear Test Site XII (dust to dust), Kazakhstan' (2011) by Nadav Kander
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The US actively suppresses information pertaining to the pacific islands they did their nuclear tests on too. Very sad
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pretty sure all the information was actually released by the US. Was certainly a mess.