Suzanne Opton
Soldier Birkholz: 353 Days in Iraq, 205 Days in Afghanistan

Soldier Birkholz: 353 Days in Iraq, 205 Days in Afghanistan

© Suzanne Opton

Soldier Birkholz: 353 Days in Iraq, 205 Days in Afghanistan
Soldier Birkholz: 353 Days in Iraq, 205 Days in Afghanistan
ArtistAmerican, 1945–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Soldier Birkholz: 353 Days in Iraq, 205 Days in Afghanistan
  • from the series Soldier
Date2004
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (36.8 x 46 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 x 20 in. (40.5 x 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor and in memory of Tim Hetherington (1970-2011)
Object number2011.808
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

In her compelling work, photographer Suzanne
Opton aims, as she says, “to photograph those things that people wouldn’t talk
about.” For her, there is nothing more taboo than the experience of war. Young
men and women returning home from conflict zones often carry the burden of what
they have witnessed alone. She has said, “I thought that by looking in the face
of a young person who had witnessed something unforgettable we might imagine
what he had seen or done, or not done.”




ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink on verso lower right:
© [signature] 2007 / Soldier: Birkholz - 353 Days in Iraq / 205 Days in Afghanistan / 1/8
Signed in ink on verso lower right: © Suzanne Opton 2007

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