Specialist Tad Donoho, Korengal Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Artist
Tim Hetherington
British, 1970–2011
Date2008
MediumDigital C-print
Dimensionspaper: 36 1/2 × 51 1/2 in. (92.7 × 130.8 cm)
image: 30 × 45 in. (76.2 × 114.3 cm)
frame: 37 1/2 × 52 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (95.3 × 133.4 × 5.7 cm)
image: 30 × 45 in. (76.2 × 114.3 cm)
frame: 37 1/2 × 52 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (95.3 × 133.4 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Friends of Photography
Object number2012.12
On View
Not on viewThis photograph is an unvarnished portrayal of a soldier’s agony. The image humanizes the soldier and allows the viewer to empathize and consider the uncertainty, stress, and physical toll of combat in Afghanistan. As Hetherington said, "We share a huge visual memory bank, mostly through painting and other images in history. I think when a modern photograph taps into those, sometimes very subliminally, it makes people respond."
Hetherington was killed in 2011 while covering conflict in Misurata, Libya.
[L. Dougherty, 2023]ProvenanceCreated Korengal Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, 2008; collection of the artist; [Yossi Milo Gallery, Inc., New York]; sold to NCMA, 2012.Exhibition HistoryBlowing Rock, NC, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, “Transformation,” March 20–August 21, 2021.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection Reimagined," December 4, 2023-June 4, 2024.
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