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
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