Blast #5707
Photograph
1998 (photographed)
1998 (photographed)
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The work of Naoya Hatakeyama is concerned with the opposite poles of mines and cities and their resulting impact on the earth’s surface. This photograph freezes the thrilling but dangerous scene of a controlled explosion in a limestone quarry. A bright blue sky emphasises the clouds of pulverised stone shooting from the rock face.
To capture this moment safely, the photographer followed the instructions of a blasting technician and used a remote camera system. ‘When the sound of a siren stops,’ he wrote, ‘I see the cliff suddenly erupt for 20 metres, and the air hits me with a violent shock. Over two thousand tons of rock have been thrown up, and gradually, that amount of debris is released into the atmosphere’.
To capture this moment safely, the photographer followed the instructions of a blasting technician and used a remote camera system. ‘When the sound of a siren stops,’ he wrote, ‘I see the cliff suddenly erupt for 20 metres, and the air hits me with a violent shock. Over two thousand tons of rock have been thrown up, and gradually, that amount of debris is released into the atmosphere’.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Blast #5707 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | C-type print mounted on aluminium |
| Brief description | Blast, 1998, (#5707) by Naoya Hatakeyama (born Rikuzentakata City, Japan, 1958), C-type print |
| Physical description | Colour photograph of a controlled explosion in a lime quarry against a bright blue sky. |
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| Copy number | 7 |
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| Credit line | Purchased through the Cecil Beaton Royalties Fund |
| Object history | The work of Naoya Hatakeyama is concerned with the opposite poles of mines and cities and their resulting impact on the earth's surface. This photograph freezes the thrilling but dangerous scene of a controlled explosion in a limestone quarry. A bright blue sky emphasises the clouds of pulverised stone shooting from the rock face. To capture this moment safely, the photographer followed the instructions of a blasting technician and used a remote camera system. 'When the sound of a siren stops,' he wrote, 'I see the cliff suddenly erupt for 20 metres, and the air hits me with a violent shock. Over two thousand tons of rock have been thrown up, and gradually, that amount of debris is released into the atmosphere'. |
| Summary | The work of Naoya Hatakeyama is concerned with the opposite poles of mines and cities and their resulting impact on the earth’s surface. This photograph freezes the thrilling but dangerous scene of a controlled explosion in a limestone quarry. A bright blue sky emphasises the clouds of pulverised stone shooting from the rock face. To capture this moment safely, the photographer followed the instructions of a blasting technician and used a remote camera system. ‘When the sound of a siren stops,’ he wrote, ‘I see the cliff suddenly erupt for 20 metres, and the air hits me with a violent shock. Over two thousand tons of rock have been thrown up, and gradually, that amount of debris is released into the atmosphere’. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.4-2003 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2004 |
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