John Filo
[Mary Ann Vecchio Grieving over the Body of College Student Jeffrey Glenn Miller Shot by National Guardsmen during an Anti-War Demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio]

[Mary Ann Vecchio Grieving over the Body of College Student Jeffrey Glenn Miller Shot by National Guardsmen during an Anti-War Demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio]
[Mary Ann Vecchio Grieving over the Body of College Student Jeffrey Glenn Miller Shot by National Guardsmen during an Anti-War Demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio]
[Mary Ann Vecchio Grieving over the Body of College Student Jeffrey Glenn Miller Shot by National Guardsmen during an Anti-War Demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio]
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Mary Ann Vecchio Grieving over the Body of College Student Jeffrey Glenn Miller Shot by National Guardsmen during an Anti-War Demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio]
DateMay 4, 1970
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 14 5/16 in. (24.6 × 36.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2002
Object number2002.3454
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

At Kent State University on May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen
opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War and its expansion into
Cambodia, ordered just days earlier by President Nixon. Four students were
killed, and nine wounded. In the moments following the shooting, photojournalism
student John Filo caught the anguished scream, grieving expression, and
disbelief of Mary Ann Vecchio



kneeling over the body of student protester Jeffrey
Miller. The photograph, which circulated worldwide in the press and won a Pulitzer
Prize, came to embody the heartache of a nation at war with itself.




Provenance[Fahey/Klein Gallery, Inc., Los Angeles]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower left:
"Kent State May 4, 1970"
"CJFE-007"

Signed in pencil on verso lower right: "John Paul Filo 12/50"

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