Louie Palu
Shot in The Eye

Shot in The Eye

© photographer Louie Palu

Shot in The Eye
Shot in The Eye
ArtistCanadian, born 1968
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Shot in The Eye
  • Black Box from Kandahar
  • An American soldier who was shot in the eye by an insurgent being loaded into a medevac helicopter. Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2010
Date2013
Place depictedKandahar, Afghanistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 5 3/4 × 8 5/8 in. (14.6 × 21.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2013.583.12
Not on view

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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: 12[circled] / Shot in The Eye / An American soldier who was shot in the eye by an insurgent being loaded into a medevac / helicopter Zari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2010
verso bottom right in ink: Louie Palu ©

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