A Biafran soldier suffering from "shell shock," post-traumatic stress disorder caused by the exposure to being shelled and other wartime experiences. Many of the soldiers in the Biafran army were white-collar worker Igbo. Since they were sent into the war without adequate training, a great many soldiers suffered these types of psychological injuries 砲弾の炸裂した衝撃などで精神に異常をきたす「シェルショック」になったビアフラ軍の兵士。ホワイトカラーの多いイボ族からなるビアフラ軍の兵士は、十分な訓練も受けないまま戦争に駆り出されたため、こうした精神障害を被る兵士が非常に多かった
OKAMURA Akihiko 岡村 昭彦
- Collection of
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- Title
- A Biafran soldier suffering from "shell shock," post-traumatic stress disorder caused by the exposure to being shelled and other wartime experiences. Many of the soldiers in the Biafran army were white-collar worker Igbo. Since they were sent into the war without adequate training, a great many soldiers suffered these types of psychological injuries
- Original title
- 砲弾の炸裂した衝撃などで精神に異常をきたす「シェルショック」になったビアフラ軍の兵士。ホワイトカラーの多いイボ族からなるビアフラ軍の兵士は、十分な訓練も受けないまま戦争に駆り出されたため、こうした精神障害を被る兵士が非常に多かった
- Artist Name
- OKAMURA Akihiko
- Year
- 1969
- Material / Technique
- Chromogenic print
- Dimensions
- 370x250mm
- Accession number
- 10112797
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum “Search the Collection”
- https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/detailPage/1853/
About the creator
岡村昭彦 / OKAMURA Akihiko
from Art Platform Japan: https://artplatform.go.jp/resources/collections/artists/A1186
- Date of birth
- 1929-01-01
- Birth place
- Tokyo
- Date of death
- 1985-03-24
- Medium
- Photography
- Gender
- male
- Update date
- 2023-02-14
Identifiers
- APJ ID
- A1186
- VIAF ID
- 65551700
- NDL ID
- 00059874
- AOW ID
- _b074e847-9e94-41cc-9adb-57f7a086b5bc
- Wikidata ID
- Q4700919
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