Louie Palu
Suicide Bombing

Suicide Bombing

© photographer Louie Palu

Suicide Bombing
Suicide Bombing
ArtistCanadian, born 1968
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Suicide Bombing
  • Black Box from Kandahar
  • The body of a Taliban facilitator who was killed by a suicide bomber who’s vest accidentally detonated before he could hit his target. Kandahar City, Afghanistan. 2006
Date2013
Place depictedKandahar City, Afghanistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 8 5/8 × 5 3/4 in. (21.9 × 14.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2013.583.1
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: 1[circled] / Suicide Bombing / The body of a Taliban facilitator who was killed by a suicide bomber who's vest accidentally detonated / before he could hit his target Kandahar City, Afghanistan. 2006
verso bottom right in ink: Louie Palu ©

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