A Cold War Tourist and His Camera

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A Cold War Tourist and His Camera is written by Martha Langford and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0773590773 (ISBN 10) and 9780773590779 (ISBN 13).

Cold War-era imagery is defined by the striking contrast between the ideal of the nuclear family and the nightmare of nuclear annihilation. In 1963, Warren Langford, a Second World War air force veteran and career public servant, travelled through Europe, North America, and Africa as part of the National Defence College's curriculum of Cold War training. Langford, never before much interested in photography, bought a camera and produced some 200 slides of his travels. In A Cold War Tourist and His Camera, his art historian daughter and political scientist son bring his photographs - an unexpected combination of iconic images of Cold War dangers and touristic snapshots - back into view.