Inspecting 122mm Artillery Piece Near Laotian Border

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Series Title: In Vietnam–on Assignment for LIFE Magazine

Inspecting 122mm Artillery Piece Near Laotian Border

1968

Larry Burrows

(British, 1926–1971)

Culture

Vietnam

Medium

dye transfer print

Measurements

Image: 29.6 x 45.6 cm (11 5/8 x 17 15/16 in.); Paper: 39.1 x 51.1 cm (15 3/8 x 20 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John Hagefstration, Birmingham, Alabama 2025.217

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

Larry Burrows’s color images were printed for the first time only after his death.

Description

Burrows died at age 45 while covering the Vietnam war; the helicopter he was traveling in was shot down. A photojournalist, he covered the conflict for Life Magazine, which in those days reached a quarter of the US population. Photojournalism was occasionally displayed on museum walls, but magazines and newspapers were then considered more important ways to disseminate such images.