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KAWAKAMI Shigeharu 川上重治

Collection of: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Series title: Thalidomide Baby
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Artist Name: KAWAKAMI Shigeharu
Year: 1962
Material / Technique: Gelatin silver print on developing-out paper
Dimensions: 192x283mm
Accession number: 10118050
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Vietnam Operation to invade Laos by the South Vietnamese government forces. About 25 kilometers from the Lao border, armored vehicle units touched a minefield and exploded with a loud noise. At that moment, soldier knocked down from the armored vehicle by the impact and knelt with a grenade in his right hand, and injured soldiers hugged in the far left. One of these series of photographs became the cover of the March 12, 1971 issue of "LIFE"

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