James Nachtwey
With everything and a rickety bike packed on a cart, refugees seek a new home in a safe part of Kabul. Thousands of people have been fighting the war for years.

With everything and a rickety bike packed on a cart, refugees seek a new home in a safe part of Kabul. Thousands of people have been fighting the war for years.
With everything and a rickety bike packed on a cart, refugees seek a new home in a safe part of Kabul. Thousands of people have been fighting the war for years.
With everything and a rickety bike packed on a cart, refugees seek a new home in a safe part of Kabul. Thousands of people have been fighting the war for years.
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • With everything and a rickety bike packed on a cart, refugees seek a new home in a safe part of Kabul. Thousands of people have been fighting the war for years.
Date1996
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 × 19 3/16 in. (33 × 48.8 cm)
 At opening: 13 7/16 × 19 1/2 in. (34.2 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles Dee Mitchell
Object number2018.328
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas]; purchased by Charles Dee Mitchell, Dallas, May 17, 2001; given to MFAH, 2018.

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