Yvonne Dalschen is a German photographer in Oak Ridge, TN. After living for over 20 years in the “Secret Cities” of the Manhattan Project, she has not learned how to stop worrying and love the bomb.

Surrounded by fences and signs, atomic nostalgia, selective amnesia and heritage tourism, she sometimes feels like she is the only one noticing this.

“Ghosts of the Manhattan Project” started during the clean-up of K-25, the former uranium enrichment plant - the biggest building in the world when it was built in 1944.

Yvonne's project is an ongoing exploration of the landscapes and archives of the atomic age, layering history and observation as photographic palimpsest. She is picturing stories told and stories forgotten, the invisible, and the fears that haunt us at night.

After earning an MA in Comparative Literature from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, moving around the world, and obtaining a Photography Certificate from the University of Tennessee, her images are exhibited nationally and internationally.

Yvonne is a member of The Art Market Gallery in Knoxville, Arts and Culture Alliance, Kinship Photography Collective and A1 LabArts.

Website: www.yvonnedalschen.com

IG: Yvonne Dalschen

If you are interested in purchasing a print, please contact Yvonne at yvonnedalschen@gmail.com or text to 865-276-6339.

The ORUUC Gallery is open during office hours, Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sundays. For information on becoming an exhibitor, visit https://www.oruuc.org/the-art-gallery-at-oruuc