Louie Palu
U.S. Marine Gysgt. Carlos "OJ" Orjuela, age 31, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

U.S. Marine Gysgt. Carlos "OJ" Orjuela, age 31, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

© photographer Louie Palu

U.S. Marine Gysgt. Carlos "OJ" Orjuela, age 31, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
U.S. Marine Gysgt. Carlos "OJ" Orjuela, age 31, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
ArtistCanadian, born 1968
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • U.S. Marine Gysgt. Carlos "OJ" Orjuela, age 31, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
  • from Project: Home Front
Date2008
PlaceGarmsir, Afghanistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 21 1/2 × 14 1/4 in. (54.6 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 17 in. (55.9 × 43.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 30 5/8 × 22 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (77.7 × 57.4 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2010.1392
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoan Morgenstern, Houston; given to MFAH, 2010.
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
Marked in pencil on verso left edge: "(signature) US Machine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos "0J" Orjuela, age 31, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan 2008 AP"
Signed in pencil on verso left edge: "Louie Palu"

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