#cold war
Instruction manual for Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab (1950-1951).
On October 28, 1962, the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis came to an end. In the late hours of October 27, Robert Kennedy secretly met with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, and the two reached a basic understanding:
The Soviet Union would withdraw the missiles from Cuba under United Nations supervision in exchange for an American pledge not to invade Cuba. In an additional secret understanding, the United States agreed to eventually remove the Jupiter missiles from Turkey.
October 23, 1962 – Day 8 of the Cuban Missile Crisis
President Kennedy signs Proclamation 3504, authorizing the naval quarantine of Cuba. The four-page proclamation included this statement in the second paragraph:
“The United States is determined to prevent by whatever means may be necessary, including the use of arms, the Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba from extending, by force or the threat of force, its aggressive or subversive activities to any part of this hemisphere, and to prevent in Cuba the creation or use of an externally supported military capability endangering the security of the United States.”
At 8:45 AM on October 16, 1962, National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy alerted President Kennedy that a major international crisis was at hand. Two days earlier, a United States military surveillance aircraft had taken hundreds of aerial photographs of Cuba, which showed conclusive evidence that a Soviet missile base was under construction near San Cristobal, Cuba.
Discussions began on how to respond to the challenge. Two principal courses were offered: an air strike and invasion, or a naval quarantine with the threat of further military action. To avoid arousing public concern, President Kennedy maintained his official schedule, meeting periodically with advisors to discuss the status of events in Cuba and possible strategies.
Discovering Chinese food
Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai and American President, Richard Nixon at the official banquet in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People during the first visit of a US Leader to China, 1972.
Courtesy: The Nixon Library.
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The Buzludzha Monument, completed 1981 in Bulgaria, commemorates the formation of a formal socialist movement in 1891. It was built during the rule of communism in Bulgaria. Today, 1441 metres up, it lies abandoned.
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As a result of an error of the pilot of a transport plane, the fighters were dropped the cargo intended for the women’s battalion. Southern Rhodesia, January 1980
In 1964, the team transitioned to the supersonic fighter-bomber, the F-105B Thunderchief.
The F-105 was one of the primary attack aircraft of the Vietnam War with over 20,000 sorties flown and was known for it’s high speed and low-altitude attack capabilities.
Although it was a smaller aircraft, the single-engine fighter-bomber could deliver a larger payload than the largest bomber platforms from World War II, like the B-17 Flying Fortress.
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Saigon, South Vietnam, June, 1967
Red Cross worker Barbara (Bobbie) Oberhansly outlines the day’s weather for Vietnam as part of her 7:55 p.m. report on Armed Forces Television.
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A Mujaheddin fighter aims a Stinger Missile at a passing Soviet Aircraft, Nangarhār Province, Afghanistan. 1988.
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Nadav Kander, Priozersk XIV (I was told she once held an oar), Kazakhstan, 2011, courtesy of Flowers Gallery, London and New York
Exhibition from Apr 7 to May 7, 2016, Flowers Gallery, Los Angeles Fair & Paris Fair Exhibitor
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Flowers Gallery is pleased to present Nadav Kander’s most recent project Dust, which goes on display in New York for the first time in April 2016. Rooted in an interest in the ‘aesthetics of destruction,’ Dust explores the vestiges of the Cold War through the radioactive ruins of secret cities on the border between Kazakhstan and Russia.
Priozersk (formally known as ‘Moscow 10’) and Kurchatov are closed cities, restricted military zones, concealed and not shown on maps until they were ‘discovered’ by Google Earth. Enlisted to the pursuits of science and war, the sites were utilized for the covert testing of atomic and long distance weapons. Falsely claimed as uninhabited, the cities, along with nearby testing site ‘The Polygon’ set the stage for one of the most cynical experiments ever undertaken. Scientists watched and silently documented the horrifying effects of radiation and pollution on the local population and livestock.
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