MIMI PLUMB: THE GOLDEN CITY FILM such asceticism suits the city

such asceticism suits the city

” — from Anders Petersen’s afterword

That all changed on the night of August 21

Here he graduated from amphetamines to heroin

Blending original material from his research archive alongside his own images

MIMI PLUMB: THE GOLDEN CITY FILM such asceticism suits the cityMimi Plumb used to live on the edges of the city where the rents were cheap. Nearby, on the summit of the hill, were folded layers of radiolarian chert, the fossilized remains of microscopic creatures called radiolaria. A large crevice in the hillside was a reminder of the ever present threat of an earthquake. Warm Water Cove, along the bay, was a spectacle of tires and abandoned cars. One day Plumb photographed the chimney of the power station above