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Iraqi newspaper listing the names of the dead, mass grave, Mahaweel

Iraqi newspaper listing the names of the dead, mass grave, Mahaweel
Iraqi newspaper listing the names of the dead, mass grave, Mahaweel
Iraqi newspaper listing the names of the dead, mass grave, Mahaweel
ArtistAmerican, born 1961
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Iraqi newspaper listing the names of the dead, mass grave, Mahaweel
  • from the series Night of a Thousand Stars
Date2006
Place depictedIraq, Middle East, Asia
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
Object number2025.135.10
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoy of Giving Something, Inc.; given to MFAH, 2025.
Published References Smith, Joel Preston. Night of a Thousand Stars & Other Portraits of Iraq. Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2006.

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A relative of a slain Shia Muslim walks through a mass grave, Mahaweel
Joel Preston Smith
A relative of a slain Shia Muslim walks through a mass grave, Mahaweel
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.54
Boys at a feast commemmorating 2,900 Shia Muslims buried in a mass grave after a 1991 uprising against Hussein
Joel Preston Smith
Boys at a feast commemmorating 2,900 Shia Muslims buried in a mass grave after a 1991 uprising against Hussein
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.26
Shot away face of Sadaam Hussein, ceramic tile portrait, roadside, Mahaweel
Joel Preston Smith
Shot away face of Sadaam Hussein, ceramic tile portrait, roadside, Mahaweel
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.28
An Iraqi policeman, who says he was tortured by Hussein's forces, stops traffic after an attack against U.S. soldiers, Ar Ramadi
Joel Preston Smith
An Iraqi policeman, who says he was tortured by Hussein's forces, stops traffic after an attack against U.S. soldiers, Ar
Ramadi
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.22
Sharing oxygen, Iraqi Red Crescent Society Hospital, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Sharing oxygen, Iraqi Red Crescent Society Hospital, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.48
Members of the Iraqi Workers' Union face off against bayoneted U.S. soldiers during a protest against unemployment
Joel Preston Smith
Members of the Iraqi Workers' Union face off against bayoneted U.S. soldiers during a protest against unemployment
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.50
Shadows of Iraqi detainees with U.S. Army captors after curfew, Ar Ramadi
Joel Preston Smith
Shadows of Iraqi detainees with U.S. Army captors after curfew, Ar Ramadi
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.53
Physicians at Medicine City Hospital administer shocks to gunshot victim Ammar Shakar, dead at age 26, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Physicians at Medicine City Hospital administer shocks to gunshot victim Ammar Shakar, dead at age 26, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.47
Ba'ath Party (pre-war) fashion show: Jumhariya Club, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Ba'ath Party (pre-war) fashion show: Jumhariya Club, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.16
Ali Kitan, 50, a security guard at the Palestine Meridian Hotel in Baghdad, says he once worked as an artist
Joel Preston Smith
Ali Kitan, 50, a security guard at the Palestine Meridian Hotel in Baghdad, says he once worked as an artist
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.17
Al-Quds fighters - armed civilians- promise to meet U.S. and British invaders with "bullets, not flowers"
Joel Preston Smith
Al-Quds fighters - armed civilians- promise to meet U.S. and British invaders with "bullets, not flowers"
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.19
Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Militiamen, 45,000 strong, march to honor the Feb. 8th birthday of Sadaam Hussein, Tikrit
Joel Preston Smith
Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Militiamen, 45,000 strong, march to honor the Feb. 8th birthday of Sadaam Hussein, Tikrit
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.18
Joel Preston Smith