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Wedding guests wait for the bride: Al Kut

Wedding guests wait for the bride: Al Kut
Wedding guests wait for the bride: Al Kut
Wedding guests wait for the bride: Al Kut
ArtistAmerican, born 1961
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Wedding guests wait for the bride: Al Kut
  • from the series Night of a Thousand Stars
Date2006
Place depictedAl-Kut, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
Object number2025.135.4
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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 bride waits for her new husband in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
A bride waits for her new husband in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.11
Girl with white eye, Al Kut
Joel Preston Smith
Girl with white eye, Al Kut
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.56
Bullseye decorative - apolitical - art), roadside, Al Kut
Joel Preston Smith
Bullseye decorative - apolitical - art), roadside, Al Kut
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.27
Wedding musicians perform in the parking lot of the Sheraton Hotel, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Wedding musicians perform in the parking lot of the Sheraton Hotel, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.13
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
A U.S. Army crew chief runs through a checklist on a Kiowa observation helicopter, Al Asaud Air Base
Joel Preston Smith
A U.S. Army crew chief runs through a checklist on a Kiowa observation helicopter, Al Asaud Air Base
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.14
Anti-war demonstrators from the Iraq Peace Team march against a U.S. invasion: Al Rashid Boulevard, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Anti-war demonstrators from the Iraq Peace Team march against a U.S. invasion: Al Rashid Boulevard, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.3
Al-Qud militiawoman, Tikrit
Joel Preston Smith
Al-Qud militiawoman, Tikrit
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.32
Soldier Swims the Euphrates River
Joel Preston Smith
Soldier Swims the Euphrates River
September 6, 2003, printed 2007
Inkjet print
2007.231
Stabbed by a Feyadeen Uncle, Ali Amouck Hospital, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Stabbed by a Feyadeen Uncle, Ali Amouck Hospital, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.44
Waiting for stitches: Ali Amouck Hospital, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Waiting for stitches: Ali Amouck Hospital, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.45
Joel Preston Smith