Robert Del Tredici
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Robert Del Tredici is a Canadian photographer, artist and teacher, who documented the impact of the 1979 Three Mile Island accident
on the community. His first book of photographs and interviews, The People of Three Mile Island (Sierra Club Books
, 1980), was a sociological critique of nuclear power
. His second book, At Work in the Fields of the Bomb (Harper & Row, 1987), discussed the US nuclear weapons industry and won the 1987 Olive Branch Book Award for its contribution to world peace.
Del Tredici has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, and a master’s in comparative literature and a long-term interest in the dynamics between image and text. He currently teaches photography and the history of animated film in Concordia University in Montreal.
Three Mile Island accident
The Three Mile Island accident was a core meltdown in Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg, United States in 1979....
on the community. His first book of photographs and interviews, The People of Three Mile Island (Sierra Club Books
Sierra Club Books
Sierra Club Books is the publishing division of the Sierra Club, founded in 1960 by then Sierra Club President David Brower. Volumes intended for club members had been published prior to 1960. In addition, books under their name had been published before 1960, but done through already established...
, 1980), was a sociological critique of nuclear power
Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
. His second book, At Work in the Fields of the Bomb (Harper & Row, 1987), discussed the US nuclear weapons industry and won the 1987 Olive Branch Book Award for its contribution to world peace.
Del Tredici has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, and a master’s in comparative literature and a long-term interest in the dynamics between image and text. He currently teaches photography and the history of animated film in Concordia University in Montreal.
See also
- Anti-nuclear movement in CanadaAnti-nuclear movement in CanadaCanada has an active anti-nuclear movement, which includes major campaigning organisations like Greenpeace and the Sierra Club. Over 300 public interest groups across Canada have endorsed the mandate of the Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout...
- Kenji HiguchiKenji Higuchihas been a professor of photography at several institutions in Tokyo, and an instructor at the . He is the eldest son of a farmer and at the age of 24 took up photography after viewing Robert Capa's famous anti-war photos. He published some of the first images of nuclear workers toiling inside a...
- Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective
- Three Mile Island: Thirty Minutes to MeltdownThree Mile Island: Thirty Minutes to MeltdownThree Mile Island: Thirty Minutes to Meltdown is a 1982 book by Daniel Ford. Ford presents a "meticulous post-mortem of the events that nearly led to a meltdown" at the Metropolitan Edison station near Harrisburg in March 1979. He analyses the complex of people, technology, customs and regulations...
- Three Mile Island accident health effectsThree Mile Island accident health effectsThe health effects of the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident are widely, but not universally, agreed to be very low level. According to the official radiation release figures, average local radiation exposure was equivalent to a chest X-ray, and maximum local exposure equivalent to less than a...