In 2015, the United States Strategic Air Command (SAC) declassified the Atomic Weapons Requirements Study for 1959, the most comprehensive records of Cold War nuclear targets ever made public. Over 800 pages, this document lists the coordinates of 3,400 Designated Ground Zeros in urban-industrial areas and more than 1,100 airfields within the Soviet Union, China, and Eastern Europe.

I photographed the designated nuclear targets in China identified by the SAC and collected photos of US nuclear tests; I then used the uranium printing process to create radioactive uranotypes. More than 60 years have passed since the study's completion, yet remnants of the past still linger near the Designated Ground Zeros. An abandoned steel mill in Beijing has found new life as the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Big Air venue. Warehouses and airport hangars along the Huangpu River now serve as art galleries and museums in Shanghai. While many strategic locations have evolved into residential neighborhoods and public spaces, certain targeted military installations, industrial complexes, and airports continue to operate today.