"THE MUSHROOM CLOUD BECAME AN ICONIC IMAGE... IT IS HARD TO SPEAK TO THE MINDSET THAT GETS LULLED TO SLEEP BY THE END OF THE WORLD..."
PICS INFO: Resolution at 1098x1536 -- Spotlight on a poster design titled "Empêchons cela, guerre atomique," (or “Let’s Stop This”), considered by many to be the very first anti-nuclear propaganda poster, artwork by Hans Erni (Swiss painter, graphic designer, b. 1909-2015, died at age 106!).
PIC #2: Anti-atomic war poster titled "Atomkrieg Nein" (translation: "Atomic War-No!"), c. 1954, poster design by Hans Erni.
PRINT MAGAZINE: "The mushroom cloud became a charged symbol for the No Nukes movement, and yet it was also used in a trivial manner on souvenirs, etc. How do the two implications balance out?"
MEDLAND: "The mushroom cloud became an iconic image. We are all drawn to iconic images; it is hard to speak to the mindset that gets lulled to sleep by the end of the world, but I understand that powerful images are the ones we all love."
Source: www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-atomic-energy-peace-or-war.
