Famine Crisis, Wajid, Somalia, 1992

Accession Number
2016/2.530

Title
Famine Crisis, Wajid, Somalia, 1992

Artist(s)
Peter Turnley

Object Creation Date
1992

Medium & Support
archival pigment print on paper

Dimensions
13 ½ in x 20 in (34.29 cm x 50.8 cm);20 in x 24 in (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Kathleen Lauster and Jarir Derouach

Physical Description
A color photograph of malnourished children, one of whom stares directly at the viewer. He wears a tattered striped shirt and sits with his knees up. To the right, another child holds a smaller one.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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