ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the photochemical and radioactive exposures of the US nuclear program, focusing on the work of scientific photographers in the mid-twentieth century tasked with making images of the exploding bomb. The chapter considers the relationship between Kodak and the US Defense Department while also considering the contemporary value to two nuclear film archives: (1) the extensive scientific photography of the bomb and (2) the radiation film badges of Cold War nuclear workers. The chapter ultimately asks a set of questions about photochemical exposure to consider the terms of accountability in the twenty-first century for the Cold War nuclear test regime repositioned as planetary scale exposure.
