Martin Miller, documentary photographer from Baltimore brings us didactic series of photos with a retrospective look at some of 20th century weapons of mass destruction.
Although the term, Weapons of Mass Destruction, has become a part of our daily lexicon, it remains very much an abstraction for most of us. Most of Martin’s subjects are drawn from the Cold War period during which there was a very real threat to the survival of civilization itself.
Website: martin-miller.us
“The Gadget” (Trinity Atomic Bomb) 1945
“Little Boy” (Hiroshima Atomic Bomb) 1945
“Bockscar” (Nagasaki B-29 Bomber) 1945
“Fat Man” (Nagasaki Atomic Bomb) 1945
Mk-17 Thermonuclear Bomb 1954
B-36 Bomb Bay 1948
B-47 Strategic Bomber 1951
Mk-6 Atomic Bomb 1951
B-52 Strategic Bomber 1955
Deputy Commander’s Station, Minuteman II Bunker 1965
Inertial Guidance Module, Peacekeeper (MX) ICBM 1986
B-2 Strategic Bomber 1989
