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Abandoned in Place: Preserving America's Space History [Kõva köide]

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  • Formaat: Hardback, 176 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 287x337x22 mm, kaal: 1608 g, 113 colour photographs, 1 map
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jan-2016
  • Kirjastus: University of New Mexico Press
  • ISBN-10: 0826356257
  • ISBN-13: 9780826356253
  • Formaat: Hardback, 176 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 287x337x22 mm, kaal: 1608 g, 113 colour photographs, 1 map
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jan-2016
  • Kirjastus: University of New Mexico Press
  • ISBN-10: 0826356257
  • ISBN-13: 9780826356253

Stenciled on many of the deactivated facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the evocative phrase "abandoned in place" indicates the structures that have been deserted. Some structures, too solid for any known method of demolition, stand empty and unused in the wake of the early period of US space exploration. Now Roland Miller's color photographs document the NASA, Air Force, and Army facilities across the nation that once played a crucial role in the space race.

Rapidly succumbing to the elements and demolition, most of the blockhouses, launch towers, tunnels, test stands, and control rooms featured inAbandoned in Place are located at secure military or NASA facilities with little or no public access. Some have been repurposed, but over half of the facilities photographed no longer exist. The haunting images collected here impart artistic insight while preserving an important period in history.



Roland Miller's color photographs document the NASA, Air Force, and Army facilities across the nation that once played a crucial role in the space race.
Roland Miller is the dean of the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts Division at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, USA.

Roger D. Launius is the associate director for collections and curatorial affairs, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Bob Thall is a professor of photography at Columbia College, Chicago, USA. He has published many photography books, including At City's Edge: Photographs of Chicago's Lakefront.