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Nevada Nuclear Weapon Test Site, USA by Alastair Wiper

The Nevada National Security Site, 105 km northwest of Las Vegas, was established in 1951 to test nuclear devices. Covering approximately 3,500 km2 of desert and mountainous terrain, atomic testing at the site began in 1951. Over the subsequent four decades, over 1,000 nuclear explosions were detonated at the site …

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Titan II Nuclear Missile, Arizona, USA by Alastair Wiper

The Titan II nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile carried the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States. At 9 megatons, it was about 600 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Between 1963 and 1987, 54 missiles were on 24-hour alert, 365 days per year, spread through Arizona, Arkansas and Kansas …

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Pleasure Points by Alastair Wiper

“We don’t recommend oral sex. There are gears in there. I mean you can mess things up, you can mess yourself up. She’s got the mouth and everything moves, but we don’t recommend it. It’ll kind of ruin the whole thing.”

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Embassy of Denmark, London by Alastair Wiper

I was commissioned to photograph the buildings of the Danish Embassy in London, designed by Arne Jacobsen in the late 70s, for this wonderful new book published by The Danish Architectural Press and designed by Studio Atlant. Click here to find out more and get your copy …

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Helle Mardahl Still Life by Alastair Wiper

Over the last couple of years I’ve been collaborating with glass designer and artist Helle Mardahl, shooting her campaigns. It’s a blast. Here are some highlights from the last year, from her collections Cocktail Cream Tea and Cherry on Top

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Unintended Beauty by Alastair Wiper

Unintended Beauty is a photographic exploration of the accidental aesthetics of industrial and scientific facilities around the world.

The human mind is capable of extraordinary things. We create systems, structures and machines that allow us to provide for our lives and answer our questions about the universe. I believe that these systems tell the story of our needs and desires, our hopes and follies, our visions for the future …

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