Nagasaki, Japan, under Atomic Bomb Attack
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
This aerial photograph of the atomic bomb blast over the Japanese city of Nagasaki was taken on August 9, 1945, documenting the event that led to the end of the war in the Pacific only days later. Paradoxically, the mushroom cloud, so widely understood as an emblem of death and destruction, took the shape of a living form, seeming to resemble the stem and flattened cap of a common toadstool.
Caption
American. Nagasaki, Japan, under Atomic Bomb Attack, August 9, 1945. Vintage gelatin silver print, 10 x 13 1/2 in. (25.4 x 34.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Army Air Forces, 46.17. © artist or artist's estate. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Nagasaki, Japan, under Atomic Bomb Attack
Date
August 9, 1945
Medium
Vintage gelatin silver print
Classification
Dimensions
10 x 13 1/2 in. (25.4 x 34.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Army Air Forces
Accession Number
46.17
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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