Don McCullin
Biafra

Biafra

© Don McCullin

Biafra
Biafra
ArtistBritish, born 1935
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Biafra
Date1969
PlaceBiafra
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/16 × 9 1/4 in. (15.7 × 23.5 cm)
 Sheet: 7 × 10 3/16 in. (17.8 × 25.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2007" in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., and by Marion Mundy
Object number2007.1340
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceMarilyn Bridges, Warwick, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper center in ink and pencil " BIAFRA 1969 "
verso three rectangular stamps along top edge, the same stamps reversed along bottom edge " GAMMA " " 85, Av. Denfert-Rochereau / 75014 PARIS FRANCE " " Tel. 633.31.90 / Telex 201 839 "

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Crippled and maimed soldiers waiting for food handouts at a Catholic mission, Republic of Biafra
Don McCullin
Crippled and maimed soldiers waiting for food handouts at a Catholic mission, Republic of Biafra
1968
Gelatin silver print
2007.1439
Sundown over Somerset, England
Don McCullin
Sundown over Somerset, England
c. 1988
Gelatin silver print
2007.1453
Exhausted mother and child on the borders of Bangladesh and India
Don McCullin
Exhausted mother and child on the borders of Bangladesh and India
1971
Gelatin silver print
2007.1443
A child suffering from the first stages of Cholera has polluted water poured over his forehead to cool the fever
Don McCullin
A child suffering from the first stages of Cholera has polluted water poured over his forehead to cool the fever
1971
Gelatin silver print
2007.1442
Woman and dog on winter afternoon, Scarborough
Don McCullin
Woman and dog on winter afternoon, Scarborough
1967
Gelatin silver print
2007.1447
Fishermen playing during their lunch break, Scarborough, Yorkshire
Don McCullin
Fishermen playing during their lunch break, Scarborough, Yorkshire
1967
Gelatin silver print
2007.1448
An Israeli casualty is carried from the line of fire
Don McCullin
An Israeli casualty is carried from the line of fire
June 11, 1967
Gelatin silver print
2007.1445
Highgate Cemetery
Don McCullin
Highgate Cemetery
1966
Gelatin silver print
2007.1446
A woman has just died of Cholera: Her family, dazed and heartbroken, gather together to share their loss
Don McCullin
A woman has just died of Cholera: Her family, dazed and heartbroken, gather together to share their loss
1971
Gelatin silver print
2007.1440
Catholic youths escaping from CS gas, Derry
Don McCullin
Catholic youths escaping from CS gas, Derry
1971
Gelatin silver print
2007.1437
Youths taunting British soldiers who are firing CS gas, the Bogside
Don McCullin
Youths taunting British soldiers who are firing CS gas, the Bogside
1971
Gelatin silver print
2007.1438
The dead body compound of a refugee camp: A man places his nine-year-old son next to the body of a one-year-old boy
Don McCullin
The dead body compound of a refugee camp: A man places his nine-year-old son next to the body of a one-year-old boy
1971
Gelatin silver print
2007.1441