Patrick Nagatani
A7-D, 150th TAC Fighter Group, New Mexico Air National Guard
From the series "Nuclear Enchantment"
(Chicago, 1945 - October 27, 2017)
1989
Ilfocolor print
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of George Stephanopoulos
2008.140
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Nagatani spent 3 months creating this photograph. All of the planes, missiles and people are kit models, meticulously built and painted by him. Even the rivets, nuts, bolts and New Mexico Air National Guard decal are exact replicas of those used by the 150th TAC Fighter Group. He arranged the models in front of a large backdrop photograph of Kirtland Air Force Base, where the Air Force’s Nuclear Weapons Center is located.
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