Description: |
Editioned portfolio, entitled Black Box from Kandahar, containing twelve color inkjet photographs by Louie Palu (Canadian, born 1968). Also included in the portfolio are a statement by the photographer and his titles and descriptions which follow. Inscribed in pencil on the underside of the portfolio box top: "This is the Black Box from / Kandahar / 12 photographs from the front lines / of the war 2006-2010 / Kandahar, Afghanistan / This is the 3rd of 5 boxes / [photographer’s signature] / June 3, 2014".
2014:0018:0001 -- Suicide Bombing. The body of a Taliban facilitator who was killed by a suicide bomber who’s [sic] vest accidentally detonated before he could hit his target. Kandahar City, Afghanistan. 2006. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0002 -- Suicide Bomber. The body parts of a suicide bomber in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. 2006. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0003 -- Suicide Bomber’s Hands. A detail of the hands of a suicide bomber in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. 2006. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0004 -- Dead Insurgent. The face of a dead Taliban insurgent in a state of decomposition in an Afghan Police station. Zhari District, Kandahar City, Afghanistan. 2009. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0005 -- Hand. The hand of an Afghan civilian shredded by an improvised explosive device (IED) seen in a Canadian front line trauma room. Zhari District, Kandahar City, Afghanistan. 2009. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0006 -- Legs. What remains of an Afghan private security guard’s legs after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonation on highway 1. Zhari District, Kandahar City, Afghanistan. 2009. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 20.3 x 13.5 cm (image); 27.8 x 21.6 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0007 -- Anti Personnel Mine 1. An American soldier seen in the back of a U.S. medevac helicopter after his foot was blown off by an anti personnel mine. Arghandab District, Afghanistan. 2010. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0008 -- Anti Personnel Mine 2. An American soldier seen in the back of a U.S. medevac helicopter after his foot was blown off by an anti personnel mine. Arghandab District, Afghanistan. 2010. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0009 -- Bled Out. The legs of a Canadian soldier who bled out from multiple shrapnel wounds from an improvised explosive device (IED). Panjwa’i District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2010. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0010 -- IED. The legs of a dying Afghan soldier after an improvised explosive device (IED) blast. Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2010. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0011 -- Secondary Blast. An Afghan soldier with secondary blast wounds from an improvised explosive device (IED) detonation set off by the soldier walking in front of him. Kandahar Airfield hospital, Afghanistan. 2010. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format);
2014:0018:0012 -- Shot In the Eye. An American soldier who was shot in the eye by an insurgent being loaded into a medevac helicopter. Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2010. Printed 2014. Inkjet print, 13.5 x 20.3 cm (image); 21.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet) (8 ½ x 11 in format). |
