Louie Palu
Secondary Blast

Secondary Blast

© photographer Louie Palu

Secondary Blast
Secondary Blast
ArtistCanadian, born 1968
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Secondary Blast
  • Black Box from Kandahar
  • An Afghan soldier with secondary blast wounds from an improvised explosive device (IED) detonation set off by the soldier walking in front of him. Kandahar Air?eld hospital, Afghanistan.
    2010
Date2013
Place depictedKandahar, Afghanistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 5 5/16 × 8 in. (13.5 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2013.583.11
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Toronto; given to MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left to right in ink: 11[circled] / Secondary Blast / An Afghan soldier with secondary blast wounds from an improvised explosive device (IED) / detonation set off by the soldier walking in front of him Kandahar Airfield hospital, Afghanistan. 2010
verso bottom left in ink: Louie Palu ©

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