Abandoned in Place - by Roland Miller (Hardcover)

About the Book

Roland Miller's color photographs document the NASA, Air Force, and Army facilities across the nation that once played a crucial role in the space race.

Book Synopsis

Roland Miller's color photographs document the NASA, Air Force, and Army facilities across the nation that once played a crucial role in the space race.

Review Quotes

Abandoned in Place can be read as a reverent tour of history, but it's also a touchstone to a way of looking at the world and the future that unified a nation in ways that few things can.
--Vantage

[Miller] is completely connected to his subjects, and his photographs are a visual extension, filled with reverence and empathy.
--Quest

[Roland Miller] showcases images of deactivated and repurposed defense facilities and space-launch sites around the country.
--The Wall Street Journal

A phenomenal collection of images.
--Crave Online

Chronicles long-neglected and largely forgotten aspects of US space history.
--Forbes

Miller's arresting photographs are a testament to the early days of American space exploration. They allow us to glimpse part of what went into achieving what Kennedy called 'the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.'
--Atlas Obscura

More than just a remembrance of a lost age of infrastructure, Abandoned in Place is a meditation on landscapes of immense historical significance that are overlooked by historic preservation.
--Co.Design

Roland Miller is on a mission to document the deserted sites of America's space race.
--The Guardian

Serves not only as a documentary body of work, but also as an artistic interpretation of these historic sites, preserving a vanishing era in both the space race and the cold war.
--Space.com

About the Author

Roland Miller is the dean of the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts Division at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois.

Roger D. Launius is the associate director for collections and curatorial affairs, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Bob Thall is a professor of photography at Columbia College, Chicago. He has published many photography books, including At City's Edge: Photographs of Chicago's Lakefront.

Betsy Fahlman, a professor of art history at Arizona State University, is also the author of New Deal Art in Arizona and other books.