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A matter of WHEN: stories of New Mexico’s downwinders Sofie Hecht Opening reception: Friday Sept 13, 6-9pm Closing reception: Friday Oct 4, 6-9pm Detonated in Southern New Mexico on July 16, 1945, Trinity’s residual fallout traveled as far as Canada, Mexico, and 46 U.S. states. Half a million people lived within the primary 150 square-mile radiation zone of the world’s first atomic bomb. Downwind is a photographic and documentary exploration of the New Mexicans who live downwind of Trinity and continue to experience the effects of radiation exposure. 78 years later, the legacy of the Trinity test lives on in astounding rates of cancer and illness in these communities. This project uses archival materiality—from family photographs, letters, documents, interviews—to represent the deterioration of land and bodies exposed to radiation. It tells these stories through portraits, oral histories, and a decaying family archive. |
Sofie Hecht is a documentary photographer born in Brooklyn, New York and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her work focuses on queer community, particularly collaborative portraiture, documenting drag performances, and returning home to photograph her own biological family.
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